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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Vol. XLIX, No. 22

Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967

Latest Ward 3 shelter plan debated

MEMORIAL DAY

■ Homeless: Many residents

objecting to police station site By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

A new D.C. Council plan to relocate a proposed family homeless shelter in Ward 3 rankled the mayor when it was first announced a few weeks ago. But she wasn’t the only one with concerns.

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh and D.C. Department of Human Services director Laura Zeilinger fielded a diverse range of questions and criticisms about the shelter plan at a community meeting last Thursday. More than 250 residents attended the contentious meeting, often erupting into applause or boos at the testimony from the government officials. Two weeks ago, Mendelson put

forward a citywide homeless shelter plan that looked markedly different from the one proposed by the mayor in February. Mendelson and the council want to install Ward 3’s on the city-owned site of the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW, rather than housing it on leased private property at 2619 Wisconsin Ave. NW as Mayor Muriel Bowser had requested. See Shelter/Page 13

Audit details cost overruns at Ellington By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

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The National Memorial Day Parade, sponsored annually by the American Veterans Center, went down Constitution Avenue on Monday. The event featured a variety of marching bands, other performers, military regiments and groups honoring fallen soldiers.

A 2015 report from the D.C. auditor looked into why the Duke Ellington School of the Arts modernization project had gone $107 million over its allotted $78 million budget. A new auditor report released yesterday added new details, linking the budget woes to a failure of city agencies to consult with the D.C. Council. The report notes that agencies considered two alternative sites for creating a modernized facility for Ellington before deciding to keep the arts magnet school at its existing Burleith location — where, according to the latest schedule, the renovation will wrap up in time for the upcoming school year. Both the Ellington Field, three blocks from the school at 38th and R streets NW, and the Logan School, at 215 G St. NE near Union Station, came up as possible See Ellington/Page 18

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The Duke Ellington School of the Arts has seen the costs of its modernization balloon repeatedly after the project got underway.

Costlier parking meter rates are now in effect

At-large challengers seek to topple incumbent Orange

By MARK LIEBERMAN

■ Politics: White, Garber

Current Staff Writer

Parking meter fees have increased citywide as of today, but neighborhood leaders and residents across Northwest remain conflicted on the merits of the new rates. The D.C. Council approved a uniform rate of $2.30 per hour at all city meters last year, an increase of 30 cents in “premium demand” and commercial loading zones and of $1.55 in “normal demand” areas. The new standardized rate affects nearly 15,000 parking spaces, among them 1,700 up until now priced at 75 cents per hour, including those in Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park near Cathedral Commons, the Georgia Avenue NW corridor, the Palisades and Spring Valley. Most stakeholders interviewed for this article

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The D.C. Council last year decided to increase the hourly rate to $2.30 citywide to fund Metro.

agree that the increases won’t be devastating on a large scale and that $2.30 is not an unreasonable expense for an hour of parking on a crowded block. Some in downtown neighborhoods expect the increases to prevent overcrowding and manage the excess demand for spots. Others in upper Northwest expressed frustration that their spots now cost the same as the ones closer to the city’s center, where demand and traffic volume tends to be much higher. See Meters/Page 17

By CUNEYT DIL

Current Correspondent

D.C. Council at-large candidate David Garber was in a part of town last Wednesday that may be the closest thing to a political base he can count on. On tree-lined row-house streets where bicyclists zip home, blocks from the Shaw Metro stop, Garber palled around with friends he ran into and pitched himself to residents, many of whom are young newcomers to

the hot neighborhood or are raising families. Garber, along with fellow challenger Robert White, has come out hard against incumbent Vincent Orange, painting the veteran council mem- ■ WARD 4: Todd seeks to ber as tied to a retain council history of cor- seat. Page 7. ruption and pay-to-play politics on the D.C. Council. Garber is both a rookie to D.C. politics and also new to Shaw, moving in two years ago from Navy Yard, where he was an advisory neighSee Council/Page 7

NEWS

SPORTS

NEWS

INDEX

Board allows panels

Top dogs

Co-op program forms

Calendar/21 Classifieds/29 District Digest/4 Exhibits/21 In Your Neighborhood/20 Opinion/8

Preservation authorities say Dupont solar array doesn’t set broader precedent / Page 2

St. Albans baseball team wins DCSAA title after disappointment of losing out in IAC / Page 11

Local parents pull together to create a summer camp for their young children/ Page 3

Police Report/10 Real Estate/18 School Dispatches/14 Service Directory/27 Sports/11 Week Ahead/3

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Solar project atop Florida Avenue building earns approval from HPRB By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

A planned “net zero� office building within the Dupont Circle Historic District won grudging approval from preservation authorities last Thursday — though they emphasized that the decision does not represent a softening of their general opposition to visible solar panels. The American Geophysical Union is renovating its headquarters at 2000 Florida Ave. NW to reach the net zero level, mean-

ing that it will generate as much energy as it will use. The proposal employs several dozen techniques to reduce power consumption, and then covers the remaining electricity usage with an eye-catching curved rooftop canopy of photovoltaic solar panels. Original plans for the building called for the solar canopy to stand 16 feet tall above the building’s roof, to prevent its elevator overrun from casting any shadow on the panels. When Historic Preservation Review Board members objected to the height and

overall appearance of the panels in March, the geophysical organization redesigned its plans to lower the height by 3.5 feet and to make some of the solar panels translucent — two changes that reduce its visual bulk but also the amount of energy produced. To offset the loss, architects added two more rows of solar panels that they said would be mostly invisible from the street. The changes were enough for the preservation board to unanimously support the project. But other solar projects will remain an uphill battle.

“This should be treated as an experiment,� said board member Graham Davidson, “in that we get this building built and make it clear that it’s approved for a very particular set of circumstances and it’s not applicable to the city as a whole.� The American Geophysical Union office building was constructed in 1994, outside of the period of significance for the Dupont historic district, so preservation guidelines say it needs only to avoid detracting from historic buildings around it. The property at See Solar/Page 16

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Current Staff Report As the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority grapples with costly repair needs, Metro’s new board chair — Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans — is continuing to push for a dedicated funding source, possibly in the form of an increase to the sales tax. Additionally, to boost reliability, Evans said all new subway lines should be constructed with three tracks so that maintenance is less disruptive. Speaking last Tuesday to the Citizens Association of Georgetown, Evans said Metro has a $150 million operating deficit. Furthermore, he said, over the next 10 years, Metro has an $18 billion capital budget shortfall and a $2.5 billion unfunded pension liability. Evans wants to raise $1 billion annually to make the capital investments needed to restore the system. When Evans began to study the system upon joining the Metro board, he said, “I can’t tell you how disappointed I was.� He said he found both the subway cars and tracks to be badly aged and very poorly maintained, even though Metrorail “is the lifeblood of our region.� Evans said Paul Wiedefeld, Metro’s new general manager, “is really good� and has his work cut out for him. “Paul and I are going to get this fixed,� he said, but the biggest problem is getting a dedicated funding source, because as the only major U.S. subway system without an automatic stream of revenue beyond passengers’ fares, Metro’s fiscal stability is threatened. In his discussions with Maryland leaders, he found support for such a funding source, but Virginia has been less receptive. “I don’t care where we get the money,� Evans said in an interview. He added that the District’s chief financial officer is looking at how much a sales tax increase throughout the region would yield — Evans estimates raising local sales tax rates to a uniform 7 perSee Metro/Page 15

The Current

Washington Home closing brings continued questions By CUNEYT DIL

Current Correspondent

Housing advocates and city leaders are concerned about the displacement of disabled and elderly residents at The Washington Home & Community Hospices, who face a fast-approaching deadline to find replacement housing before the nursing facility closes in December. D.C. Council members Mary Cheh (Ward 3) and Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) both said in interviews they want adequate spaces for the residents before the home closes. The attorney general’s office is tracking the issue, too. And the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law is representing a number of the residents, and has hinted at possible litigation in the future. The Washington Home

announced Sept. 15 that it was shuttering its inpatient facility, citing cost concerns, and that it would sell the 5.7-acre property to the adjacent Sidwell Friends School for $32.5 million. Relatives of families say that since the announcement of the Home’s closure, the quality of nursing care has dropped. There have been care issues, such as not securing a resident in their bed, mix-ups in dietary supplements and other examples where residents have received poor care, according to Norrinda Hayat, director of the Housing & Consumer Law Clinic at UDC. In one example given, one of the patients whom UDC is representing had a cut. He had asked for an adhesive bandage and was given one, but a nurse had not helped him put on the adhesive bandage. The man kept bleeding See Closing/Page 18

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Parents extend co-op program into summer

By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

Glover Park resident Young Kim was searching for summer camps for children ages 2 or 3 a couple months ago, and he was coming up short. He just didn’t want his daughter to stay home all summer. He sought advice from Mary Douglas of Brightwood, who teaches his daughter at a D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation co-op program on weekday mornings from August to May at Volta Park in Georgetown. As it happened, Douglas had run into the same issue with her own daughter a year earlier. Her solution struck Kim as the perfect one: If you can’t find a suitable program for your child, start one yourself. “It was for selfish interest. This is the only way I thought I could pull something together for my child,� Kim admits. “I really didn’t want the summer to be wasted away for her.� Now it won’t be. Her father is the leader of a new co-op program at the Macomb Recreation Center, 3409 Macomb St. NW, set to launch today with 13 children. It’s similar to the Volta Park program, except that it will be entirely parent-run, with only assistance and guidance from officials

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Parents got permission to use the Macomb Recreation Center for their co-op program.

in the parks department. Kim thinks programs like this one fill a critical gap in the District’s options for affordable summertime activities for young children. After moving from Capitol Hill last May, Kim discovered just how finite the resources are for preschool-esque programs aimed at children below preschool age. He signed up his daughter for the Volta Park co-op program because it’s similar in function to a non-government-run co-op See Co-op/Page 16

The week ahead Wednesday, June 1

The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a working session at 4:30 p.m. in Room 1114, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. ■The D.C. State Board of Education, D.C. Public Schools, D.C. Public Charter School Board, Washington Teachers’ Union and other local education agencies and groups will host a talk titled “Why Knowledge Matters: The Need for a Rich Curriculum from the Earliest Grades� by Daniel Willingham, a cognitive scientist from the University of Maryland. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at McKinley Technology High School, 151 T St. NE. To RSVP, contact ruth4schools@ yahoo.com.

Thursday, June 2

The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. ■The D.C. State Board of Education will host a community meeting to obtain input related to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Ward 4 meeting will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. ■The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold the second meeting of the Citizen’s Advisory Group for the Rock Creek East II Livability Study, which will include an update on the study so far and a report on preliminary recommendations. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Metropolitan Police Department facility at 801 Shepherd St. NW. For details, visit rockcreekeast2.com.

Saturday, June 4

The D.C. Department of Health will host its annual Animal Health Fair. The Ward 2 event will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shaw Dog Park,

11th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW. The Ward 1 event will take place from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Walter Pierce Dog Park, 20th and Calvert streets NW. On-site veterinarians and free vaccinations will be available, and there will be information on dog licenses, emergency preparedness and animal laws. ■A rally to “Stop the Violence and Increase the Peace� will begin at 11 a.m. at the KIPP DC Benning Road campus at 4801 Benning Road SE. Attendees will march to River Terrace Park. For details, email veda. rasheed@gmail.com. ■The D.C. State Board of Education will host a community meeting to obtain input related to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) . The Ward 1 meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus, 3101 16th St. NW.

Vermont Ave. NW. â– The Palisades Citizens Association will hold its monthly membership meeting, which will feature Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh as guest speaker. The meeting will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Palisades Citizens Association, Dana and Sherier places NW.

Sunday, June 5

Thursday, June 9

The Tregaron Conservancy will host a spring cleanup and volunteer appreciation event from 1 to 3 p.m. at 3100 Macomb St. NW. Equipment will be provided, and refreshments will be served. Long pants and closed-toe shoes are suggested. To RSVP, email info@tregaronconservancy.org.

Monday, June 6

Georgetown University will host a community briefing on its 2017-2036 campus plan and open a 30-day comment period. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW.

Tuesday, June 7

The New Columbia Statehood Commission will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the draft constitution. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum, 1925

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The New Columbia Statehood Commission will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the draft constitution. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Raymond Recreation Center, 3725 10th St. NW. ■The D.C. State Board of Education will host a community meeting to obtain input related to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Ward 3 meeting will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will host a forum on “Money and Politics: Proposals for D.C. Electoral Reform� from 7 to 9 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. Speakers will include Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh; D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine; Dan Smith, director of the U.S. PIRG Democracy Campaign; and DC4Democracy chair Kesh Ladduwahetty. The moderator will be Walter Smith, executive director of the DC Appleseed Center for Law & Justice. ■The Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network will meet at 7 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Members of the D.C. Public Schools facilities team will discuss the process of revising the education specifications that guide the design of school modernization projects. To RSVP, contact w3ednet@ gmail.com.

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Nonprofit fundraiser slated for Thursday

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D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has signed on to a coalition calling on Congress to allow and fund research on gun violence by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Racine is one of 13 attorneys general from various states urging Congress to eliminate language in the federal agency’s appropriations bill that currently prohibits using funds “to advocate or promote gun control.� Beyond that, the attorneys general, in a May 24 letter, request that Congress immediately direct funding toward researching the causes and prevention of gun violence. “As the nation’s principal public health agency, the CDC is uniquely positioned to lead the way in stemming the tide of gunrelated deaths and injuries,� the letter says. In a release, Racine notes the relevance of this cause to the District, which saw a 54 percent increase in homicides from 2014 to 2015, the majority involving guns. “This research is crucial to better understanding how we can address this problem nationally and here in the District, where gun violence takes a tragic toll every year,� Racine says.

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Training underway for 34 new firefighters Thirty-four new firefighter paramedics will be serving the District come August, thanks to a federal grant. The new recruits to the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department are currently going through 12 weeks of training, according to a release from the agency. Funding for their training, along with two years of their salaries, comes from a 2015 grant of nearly $5.675 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. These “SAFER� grants, as they’re called, are awarded to national, state and local fire departments across the country.

Agency seeks input on invasive plants

The National Park Service is accepting public feedback through June 9 on its invasive plant removal plan for 15 parks in the D.C. region. The environmental assessment in question identifies long-term strategies for reducing the impact and threat of nearly 200 species of damaging, invasive plants, according to a Park Service news release. The plan includes plant management strategies for Rock Creek Park, the National Mall and the C&O Canal National Historical Park, among others. The Park Service encourages citizens, agencies and organizations to review documents and provide comments online at parkplanning.nps.gov, under the “Invasive Plant Management Plan/EA for NCR parks� section. (A direct link to details about this project is tinyurl.com/nps-plants).

HPRB review delayed on school expansion

Washington International School has delayed for a month the presentation of its planned expansion to the Historic Preservation Review Board, according to Nancy MacWood of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3C (Cleveland Park, Massachusetts Avenue Heights, Woodley Park). The school was originally scheduled to present to the preservation board on May 26 but announced the delay in a letter to stakeholders the day before, MacWood told The Current. The school, located at 3100 Macomb St. NW, hopes to add a two-story academic building and two-level underground parking garage

between Macomb Street and the main building. MacWood said school officials indicated to her that they want to meet with the board of the Tregaron Conservancy to reach an agreement on the project, which has met opposition in the neighborhood. The conservancy of the Tregaron estate, which overlaps with school property, strongly opposed the latest designs at a recent ANC 3C meeting, and numerous residents followed suit. ANC 3C voted last month to oppose various aspects of the design. The Historic Preservation Review Board is now expected to see the school’s presentation on June 23 or 30.

Textile Museum gift will aid conservation

With a $5 million gift from the Avenir Foundation, the Textile Museum will supply state-of-theart equipment and technology to its conservation center in Ashburn, Va. The museum itself reopened in a new building on George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus in D.C. in 2015. The Ashburn facility, located at the university’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus, serves as a storage and conservation resource for the collection. In honor of the recent gift, the museum has renamed that facility the Avenir Foundation Conservation and Collections Resource Center. The Textile Museum created one of the first textile conservation programs in the United States in the early 1940s.

Jewish chorale marks its 40th anniversary Zemer Chai, the Jewish Chorale of the Nation’s Capital, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a gala concert in Cleveland Park on Sunday. Eleanor Epstein, the group’s artistic director, founded the group in 1976 as Washington’s first Jewish community choir. “When we began, we were simply an enthusiastic group of singers gathering to enjoy our rich musical heritage,� Epstein says in a news release. “I could not have imagined 40 years later we would be performing in the White House, the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, in halls throughout the East Coast, and even in Israel!� The June 5 anniversary concert, titled “Impressions,� will take place at 5 p.m. at Adas Israel Congregation at 2850 Quebec St. NW. Tickets are available at zemerchai.org.

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Former Mount Vernon Seminary wins designation as historic district By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security currently occupies a 39-acre complex at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts avenues NW, right next to Ward Circle and across from American University. But the agency moved in there just 11 years ago, and the site’s history far predates it. The campus at 3801 Nebraska Ave. NW was established in 1916 as the home of the Mount Vernon Seminary for Girls, one of

the first of its kind in the nation. Later, during World War II, the Navy took it over and turned it into a cryptanalysis laboratory, which proved vital to codebreaking efforts overseas. The complex remained in use for military communications until the Homeland Security Department took it over in the mid-2000s, under the formal ownership of the U.S. General Services Administration. But the 36 years from 1916 to 1952 were enough to earn the property unanimous approval for a historic district designation from the Historic Preservation Review Board last Thursday.

Hotel awaits new ownership while resident concerns linger By MARK LIEBERMAN Current Staff Writer

New owners and managers will take over the DoubleTree Hotel in Dupont Circle next month, with a renovation and name change in the works. Meanwhile, some nearby condominium residents maintain that the hotel has caused noise disturbances and property damage in the past year. The private equity firm KHP Capital Partners, headed up by former executives at the local Kimpton Group, purchased the 1515 Rhode Island Ave. NW hotel for $65 million earlier this month. A rebranding effort will bring the hotel under the Hilton group’s Curio collection, which KHP senior vice president of investments Mike Depatie describes as “independent-style boutique.� A complete redesign of the hotel also will include a new restaurant, Depatie said in an interview. “This is a hotel that hasn’t seen a lot of capital put on it for a number of years,� Depatie said. “We plan to change the look of the hotel substantially.� Designers will pay particular attention to the hotel’s lobby flow

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Neighbors say the hotel has been noisy in the past year.

and the configuration of its 220 rooms, Depatie said. The new design will reflect the hotel’s particular location rather than looking like a carbon copy of a hotel brand’s other locations. The project might not be complete until “sometime next year,� Depatie said. The developer hasn’t determined whether the hotel will close in the process, but Depatie hopes it won’t have to. The move comes amid frustrations among residents of the nearby Spencer Condominiums and at least three other surrounding properties, according to Abigail Nichols, a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B (Dupont Circle). At a recent ANC 2B meetSee Hotel/Page 15

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The presentation leading up to the vote introduced much new information to the board members, most of whom had never toured the site because of its classified nature. Member Andrew Aurbach urged the federal government to make as much information about the site’s history available to the public as possible “without compromising national security.� “It is absolutely fascinating every week to get an education on different parts of the city. This one is certainly a large black hole,� board member Graham Davidson added. “It’s great to hear more about it.�

Board chair Gretchen Pfaehler said the site has an “interesting, layered history� and asked the applicant — the U.S. government — to clearly explain the site organization and exact boundaries going forward. The federal government chose the former seminary and Navy site as the first home base for Homeland Security after receiving pressure from D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton to keep the agency’s headquarters in the District, according to Nancy Witherell of the General Services Administration. Secretary Jeh Johnson works out of See Historic/Page 6

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Citizens association leader touts GU relations as campus plan talks near Current Staff Report Georgetown community members are confident that their next campus plan process with Georgetown University will move more smoothly than past efforts, thanks to improved communication among the many parties. Speaking at the Citizens Association of Georgetown’s annual meeting last Tuesday, association board member Hazel Denton said there are five working groups that meet monthly to mitigate negative impacts the university could have on neighborhood residents. The groups comprise representatives of Georgetown and other neighborhoods near the university, as

well as university officials, and Denton said the results have “far exceeded expectations.� In 2012, the neighborhood and university abandoned a contentious campus plan battle in favor of a compromise: University officials accepted a short five-year campus plan period, which they would use to establish a longerterm agreement that would run from 2017 to 2037. Among the accomplishments so far have been ensuring that landlords of all student group houses have basic business licenses, which she said is vital for student safety; that the university now removes trash in the neigh-

borhood on a daily basis; that students wanting to live away from campus must attend a seminar on off-campus living; and that the university has made it easier for students to host parties on campus, resulting in fewer noisy events that affect residential neighbors. One reason students used to create noise off campus, Denton said, was that the university had no food available on campus after 11 p.m. Now, it has a 24-hour oncampus restaurant, resulting in “fewer late-night roaming students.� Denton invited residents to attend a community meeting with the university scheduled for Mon-

day, June 6, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW, to discuss the upcoming campus plan. Other association members also provided updates at the meeting. Richard Hines said the citizens association is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration regarding Reagan National Airport flight paths that affect Georgetown and nearby neighborhoods. The effort, which aims to reduce airplane noise affecting neighborhood residents, needs considerable funding to hire expert attorneys, he said. So far, D.C. Council members Mary Cheh, Jack Evans, Vincent

Orange and Phil Mendelson have signed on to the fight against noisy flight paths. Evans later told the group that Mayor Muriel Bowser has agreed, as well. Meanwhile, John Rentzepis, co-chair of the association’s public safety committee, said that having a sufficient number of block captains is the “lifeblood� of Georgetown’s crime-fighting efforts. He said the association is hoping to add more security cameras on top of the five already in place, which cost about $200 apiece. Unlike residents of some neighborhoods, Georgetowners aren’t eligible for city rebates on the cameras due to high incomes, he added.

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a “rather bunker-like building� there, she said. “He’s certainly the most modestly housed cabinet secretary that we have,� Witherell said. The next secretary will be moving to the historic Kirkbride Building at St. Elizabeths, 1100 Alabama Ave. SE, in the fall of 2017, she added. The original seminary buildings were designed by New York-based architect Wesley Bessell, known for his Georgian Revival concepts. Twenty buildings contribute to the landmark; most of them are comprised of brick, limestone trim and slate roofs.

The school opened at the Nebraska site in 1916 after outgrowing its original location in Shaw, where it was established as the city’s first secular female boarding school in 1875, according to a Historic Preservation Office report. (The school later moved to a campus on Foxhall Road and was eventually taken over by George Washington University.) Many of the original seminary buildings were converted for similar use by the Navy, including the Elizabeth J. Somers Memorial Chapel, named after the original school headmistress. Administrative offices at the school’s Gatesley House became the flag officer’s quarters during the Naval period.

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During World War II, the Women’s Volunteer Arm of the Naval Reserve worked to break the codes of Germany’s Enigma machine to reduce the risk of German U-boat attacks on American forces in Europe. The women lived across the street from the site at barracks in the spot where American University’s Nebraska Hall dormitory now sits. Between 1943 and 1944, the codebreakers gained key intelligence that played a major role in contributing to the eventual surrender of Germany. Cryptanalysis continued at the site until the 1960s, when those operations were consolidated at the National Security Agency’s headquarters in Fort

Meade, Md. Military communications programs continued there until Homeland Security took over in 2005. Historic Preservation Office staffer Ruth Trocolli also noted that the site was significant between 3000 B.C. and 1600 A.D. At times, the site served as a Native American workshop for the production of stone tools. The landmark nomination had also won unanimous support from Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D last month. The preservation board has forwarded the application to the National Register of Historic Places “for listing as a site of local and national importance,� according to the staff report.

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Ward 4 incumbent faces challengers for council seat By CUNEYT DIL

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Leon Andrews kept running into a familiar sight on Tuesday afternoon, campaigning in Brightwood Park: residents who don’t know him well or, in some cases, much about the Democratic primary coming up in two weeks. He assured one woman that he has been door-knocking for months, then turned to tell her that “what we need on the council is an independent voice.” It’s a charge at Ward 4 D.C. Council member Brandon Todd, a former staffer to Mayor Muriel Bowser, who backed him to finish out her term on the council in a special election last April. Andrews, through bankrolling his campaign with $140,000 in loans, has emerged as the top challenger to Todd for the Ward 4 council seat. Going door to door, he touts his local and national experience, working for the National League of Cities. His main motivation in trying to unseat Todd is to be a council member who isn’t “in lockstep with the mayor.” On Tuesday, he came across a fan. “Brandon Todd has done absolutely nothing, and he’s a rubber-stamp for Muriel Bowser,” one resident tells Andrews as he moves up to her front porch. It’s the ideal voter for Andrews in an election cycle that has turned into a referendum on the mayor, as Bowser-backed incumbents face heated contests in four races, including this one and for the at-large council position. Yet in the ward that launched Bowser’s political career, attitudes in many parts remain friendly to the mayor and her protege, Todd. Andrews and two other chal-

lengers, Calvin Gurley and Ron Austin, may have more signs up on street posts. But Todd trounces them in the yard sign game, his familiar green showing in both wealthier neighborhoods and working-class communities down Georgia Avenue and Kennedy Street NW, where Andrews has set up his campaign operation out of a row house. Todd is following what Bowser and former mayor and Ward 4 Council member Adrian Fenty did before him so well: carry out an expansive field operation. In Chevy Chase on Memorial Day, Todd is out in force with several other staffers, where his yard signs rule the neighborhood’s streets. Residents shake his hand and thank him for various constituent service jobs, before inevitably adding that there’s a curb that needs fixing or a nearby patch of road they’d like repaved. Being a services boss is a point of pride for Todd. He served as constituent services director in Council member Bowser’s office for five years, and it’s during that time many residents first met him. On one block, even the rare Andrews supporter concedes to Todd: “I like what you did with this alley,” referring to a renovation project that Todd encouraged the D.C. Department of Transportation to complete after neighbors complained. “That stuff really resonates with people,” Ashby Deal, a 18-year resident of Stephenson Place NW in Chevy Chase, said of Todd’s hyperlocal work. “What he wants to do is serve and provide the services that people need and want from the District government.” Critics say Todd should be doing more, though. Gurley and Austin have said Todd

should focus on more than block issues. In total, both candidates have raised only a few thousand dollars, but their criticisms of Todd follow in line with others’ complaints. The progressive group Jews United for Justice held a meet-and-greet on Monday night for Andrews and at-large candidate Robert White, two men the group endorsed in their respective races. The group is currently pushing for affordable housing and a council proposal to give paid family leave. “We think the role of the council member is to be advancing the interests of the city, and that requires a real focus on policy,” said Jacob Feinspan, the organization’s director. “Every council member, of course, has to be engaged with constituent services, and that’s why you have a great constituent services director.” At the event, well-attended in the living room of a Park View row house, Andrews talked about “bringing his public service experiences” to the job. He noted that after he placed third in the special election last year against Todd, seven candidates have endorsed him, including runner-up Renée Bowser (no relation to the mayor). Walking on Kennedy Street the next day, Andrews said it’s commercial corridors like this one that need more investment. It’s not a different position from Todd, who when asked said, “I’m very focused on investing in Georgia Avenue, Kennedy Street, all of our major corridors … making sure small businesses can thrive.” On a residential street off Missouri and Kansas avenues NW, red Andrews signs are on utility poles as far as the eye can see, at nearly every intersection. Andrews comes across a recent college graduate returning

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About the election The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 14. To vote on Election Day, you must go to your assigned polling place; if you have moved and have not updated your address with the Board of Elections, you should go to the polling location serving your old address. You may also request an absentee ballot by mail through June 7. Absentee ballots must be received by 8 p.m. June 14 to be counted. Early voting began May 31 at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW, and will continue daily from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. through June 11. Satellite early-voting locations — including the Chevy Chase, Columbia Heights and Takoma community centers — will be open June 4 through 11. Election Day will mark the first time D.C. voters will use a new voting system that features an optical scan machine that tabulates ballots marked either by hand or by the accessible ExpressVote Ballot Marking Device. For details, visit dcboee.org or call 202-727-2525.

home, rolling luggage in hand. “What are you trying to change?” the young man asks. Andrews chooses to stick with his central message, while also mentioning more investments are needed for the city’s at-risk population: “We just need independent leadership.”

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borhood commissioner for two terms. White, too, lacks Orange’s council seniority — five years as an at-large member after eight as the council’s Ward 5 representative — but has run before for the position. When asked where Garber sees his votes coming from, he said there’s support for him in the many neighborhoods he has lived in across the District, including Anacostia, where he was for four years. Then, he turned unsure. “But at the end of the day, I don’t know how all the math’s going to shake out,” he said. Garber’s message plays well among those who know and trust his handle on smart-growth development and transportation issues. His promise to tackle public safety issues won him the support of a Hill East activist, who in a May email blast touted Garber as the candidate with a “plan to make D.C. neighborhoods safer.” He tells residents he’ll focus on constituent services, not a typical mantle for citywide candidates. A resident points out his own council member, Ward 1’s Brianne Nadeau, similarly launched her career serving on an advisory neighborhood commission. But he

also says, “we have not heard much about you.” For Garber, becoming a politician was never the original intention. In 2007, he moved to Anacostia from Northern Virginia, where he had grown up, and began blogging about his underinvested community. He said it was only when he began working in the city’s neighborhoods that he decided to involve himself in government. “I saw his activism in Southeast, [and] there was no one else doing stuff like that,” said Jared Jablonka, a Garber supporter in Shaw. “I had not met another white, young guy doing that in Anacostia.” At another door, Garber made his pitch to a woman, only for her to then say, “I’m a Vincent Orange fan, baby.” She added that she has a close friend who owns a small construction business and that Orange supports local businesses. They talked about affordable housing for several minutes before Garber won a point of consolation. “Imma check you out,” she tells him. “If I think you’re a better person, I’ll vote for you.” She mentions that Robert White came by a few days ago, too. Four days later, on the hottest day of the year so far, Robert White was climbing the hills of

Chevy Chase for votes. In tow is Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh, who has endorsed him, and a crew of volunteers and staffers. A field operator orders which homes to target — Democratic voters who consistently turn out for elections — and keeps track of door knocking in real time on a phone app. White is dressed in a blue shirt, his sleeves rolled up, and he dons a red Nationals baseball cap. He takes on a brisk pace through the quiet residential streets, under a noon sun last Sunday. His pitch goes out to dog walkers, homeowners, families out to brunch on Connecticut Avenue. “I’m tired of seeing so many people left behind,” he tells one woman, who says she’ll vote for him. White explains his policy background, working for Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, to a man walking his dog, and hits his spiel on improving jobs, schools and the city’s affordable housing stock. “Infrastructure, infrastructure,” that man then unexpectedly says, pointing to the curb. “I called about this pothole.” White says he’s running for many reasons, constituent services not necessarily one of them. He particularly talks about ousting an incumbent he views as embodying a pay-to-play culture in city gov-

ernment. But, in his words, his message distills to “bridging the divides” of two separate cities: one taking advantage of recent prosperity, and another crushed by the price of living. White ran for at-large as an independent in 2014, losing to Elissa Silverman. This year, White promises voters he’s “this close” to winning. He talks up his experience working for Attorney General Karl Racine most recently, and his story as a fifth-generation Washingtonian. Since launching his campaign, he has held meet and greets citywide and built a campaign operation that he says employs roughly a dozen paid canvassers and a hundred volunteers. “Our plan is working,” White said. “As much as I take pride in the strength of the campaign we ran two years ago, we are night and day just much stronger.” Perhaps disappointingly for White, however, he lost out on The Washington Post’s endorsement this year to Orange, despite winning it in 2014. The Post’s sway was on show Saturday morning, when White ran into a woman who said she had been considering voting against Orange for re-election until she read that morning’s paper. In recent weeks, Orange has remained relatively quiet in Northwest, skipping out on a forum

hosted by the Ward 3 Democrats last Tuesday. He instead sent a stand-in, who talked up the council member’s committee work to push through the mayor’s $15 minimum wage bill. Without recent public polling, it remains hard to gauge how popular Orange is, but his surrogate won as much applause as White on that night. The incumbent may be doing just enough to weather a competitive challenge. He has ridden the support of Mayor Muriel Bowser this year, while largely avoiding some of the criticisms leveled at other mayoral allies on the council — like Ward 4’s Brandon Todd — that he’s too close to the mayor. Vote-splitting between Garber and White might also work to his advantage, as the two candidates share similar views. As early voting began Tuesday morning, Orange sent out updates on Twitter that his campaign was sending busloads of voters to the polls at One Judiciary Square. That night, White continued to rail against him at a forum on economic development held east of the Anacostia River. Orange did not attend. “I am running because I see that Vincent Orange has been on the council for a dozen years,” White said, “and me and my family are not a dozen years better.”

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At-large D.C. Council incumbent Vincent Orange has impressed us with aspects of his record in office. However, he is facing two impressive challengers in the Democratic primary on June 14: Robert White and David Garber. To us, Mr. White is the strongest of the trio. Mr. Orange has performed well as chair of the council’s Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. When he represented Ward 5 on the council, he successfully brought Costco and other businesses to underserved neighborhoods there. He is clearly focused on helping small businesses develop to bring the District much-needed unskilled positions, a goal we agree is vital. However, we disagree with him on a number of key policy position, and Mr. White’s qualifications give us confidence he would be an effective council member. An attorney who has served as community outreach director for D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, general counsel for D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and president of the Brightwood Park Citizens Association, Mr. White has meaningful civic experience. Mr. Garber, meanwhile, could be a credible D.C. Council member, but we’re doubtful that he can get very far against the other two candidates. So we focus our attention on the two strong front-runners. One key point where we can’t agree with Mr. Orange relates to campaign finance reform. Regardless of council members’ integrity, we do believe that some local business people make contributions in expectation that it will help them gain undeserved city contracts or other favors. Mr. White supports outright banning political contributions from city contractors. While we think that’s a little extreme — we would allow small donations of under $100 — we agree that severe limitations would be appropriate, while Mr. Orange is satisfied with the status quo. We also agree with Mr. White’s support for public financing that would provide some city matching funds to small donations; Mr. Orange insists that this money must be reserved for other programs. Mr. White also impressed us for his suggestions for attracting tech firms to the District, as many now locate in Maryland and Virginia even as many of their young employees opt to live in D.C. He suggested that such firms receive lower profits taxes and lower capital gains taxes. Mr. Orange contends that such measures are unnecessary, but we disagree. We were also uncomfortable with Mr. Orange’s insistence that all new apartment buildings must have one parking space per unit, which strikes us as unreasonable in our growing, transit-friendly city. Providing parking is expensive, and our road capacity isn’t going to expand. We agree with Mr. White that existing rules are appropriate, and that Mr. Orange’s preference — which would triple some requirements — is excessive. Mr. Orange did share some ideas that impressed us. He called for tuition-free access to a community college program offering vocational training, which would help address rampant unemployment in many parts of the city. We also support the goals he proposes for our public schools, such as ensuring that 80 percent of students can read, add, subtract, multiply and divide before they enter fourth grade. Most importantly, we agree with Mr. Orange on the desperate need to help Metro get a dedicated source of funding, provided that nearby Maryland and Virginia communities participate. Mr. White told us he doesn’t think that “we’ve justified the need as yet” for such a tax. Given Metro’s serious problems, we think Mr. Orange is on the right track. Thankfully, should Mr. White be elected, the D.C. Council as a whole will likely go along with dedicated funding for Metro. So to us, the question of restricting generous campaign donors from getting city contracts is a more important difference between the two candidates. Thus, based on the issues, we endorse Mr. White for the Democratic nomination for at-large D.C. Council member.

Bringing home the gold

When a local high school wins a leading national sporting event, it’s an impressive feat. When two D.C. schools do it, it’s especially notable. Gonzaga College High School and National Cathedral School won what really is the North American high school rowing championship at the Stotesbury Regatta in Philadelphia May 21. For the Gonzaga boys, the results were truly spectacular. It was the fifth consecutive time the team won the race, which attracts teams from Canada and across the country. Cathedral won its first gold on the girls side, while also winning the equivalent of a junior varsity race. We’d like to offer our hearty congratulations to these local rowers.

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ome 39,000 D.C. children are educated in charter schools, representing 45 percent of all District public school students. This is only 9,000 fewer students than those enrolled in D.C. Public Schools, the traditional public school system. Indeed, if public charter schools could provide a place for every applicant — there are 15,000 names on the waiting lists — a majority of the public school population would attend charters. These unique public schools, held accountable for improved student performance by the District’s Public Charter School Board, operate independently of the traditional system and have the autonomy to set their own curriculum and culture. Like all public schools, they are tuition-free. Additionally, they may not administer entrance exams or interviews, instead admitting students on a first-come, first-served basis. While increasingly popular with parents over the now two decades since the first charter schools opened in the District, the latest decision by the D.C. Council effectively punishes them and their students by woefully underfunding the Charter School Facilities Allowance. This provides city funding on a per-pupil basis for the buildings that house charters. The council raised the already inadequate facilities fund by a mere 2.2 percent — below the rise in the cost of living, and significantly lower than the rapidly escalating expense of District real estate and construction. Compared to eight years ago, charter facilities funding has increased by only $16 per student — hardly significant in the scheme of things. Meanwhile, the per-student capital budget for D.C. Public Schools is three times higher than for charters. Perversely, the council’s decision takes place in an environment in which public charter schools are doing what we want all of our public schools to focus on: creating learning environments where students succeed. Counterintuitively, year after year of spending cuts in real terms are imposed on charters — which collectively post stronger high school graduation rates than the city-run school system, enabling a higher share of charter students to be accepted to college. In addition to contributing to favorable performance on measures as standardized test scores — on which charter students outperform their peers citywide, notably by sizable margins in our most neglected neighborhoods east of the Anacostia

Letters to the Editor Hawthorne needs sidewalks promptly

The Chestnut Street NW sidewalk issue is very much a Hawthorne-wide issue, affecting the neighborhood at large, not only those living along its main thoroughfare. The Current’s May 11 article on the situation misses a big point: According to the D.C. Department of Transportation’s January 2015 Sidewalk Installation Policy, sidewalks are inevitable in Hawthorne. The debate is finished; it’s a question of when. I write this to you as an ad hoc representative of neighbors on Chestnut, 31st, Greenvale, 32nd and Dogwood streets and

River — charters’ freedom to experiment has established multiple best practices. Investing fairly in nearly half of all District public school children is a prerequisite for the progress that the District needs to continue to make in improving its public educational offering from the tragically low baseline that existed 20 years ago, especially for the most disadvantaged. Yet each year, the funding level is politicized and subject to bargaining, with disappointing results for students, parents and school leaders who need stability in their pursuit of high-quality education. The District needs to establish a facilities funding floor fixed as a matter of policy, not annual negotiation. Setting this at $3,250 would partially mitigate how charter students have been shortchanged in the past. Indexing the amount to inflation and construction costs would enable better planning, and help provide more learning environments of the sort that policymakers and parents want. Why does the charter facilities allowance exist? Because charters do not receive a public schoolhouse upon opening, and because charters almost always choose to serve children in areas with a short supply of high-quality public education and other essential components of healthy communities. And yet the space in which District charter schools educate children has never received adequate consideration by the government. Some years ago, a District-commissioned report identified that the city required almost 40,000 additional quality public school seats to adequately serve its student population. But the government uncoupled the link between city capital spending on charter and traditional schools, just before a massive increase in expenditure. Still more controversially, the city has shuttered scores of school buildings, selling them to private real estate developers or simply allowing them to rot. The few that charter schools have been able to obtain — through a process that is legally straightforward but, in practice, highly convoluted — have usually involved charters leasing the buildings from the city and renovating them at their own cost. Without adequate facilities, many District charters initially opened in church basements, and even today occupy former office, retail and warehouse space. Many lack adequate playground, cafeteria or auditorium space. A facilities funding floor would be an investment that helps charters to build on and extend their success. Ramona Edelin is executive director of the D.C. Association of Chartered Public Schools.

Daniel Lane who all want to see the rest of Hawthorne’s sidewalks built as soon as possible and who believe in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Vision Zero plan. The Transportation Department’s desire to conduct more feasibility studies for Chestnut Street does nothing more than continue to unnecessarily divide the residents between green lawn signs and red lawn signs on an issue whose parameters are very clear according to the agency’s own regulations. We are in a school area; we have a route that provides access to

Tom Sherwood is on vacation. His column will resume when he returns.

Rock Creek Park and Pinehurst Tributary; we have transit stops; we have substantial pedestrian safety risks without sidewalks; and we have petitioned for the sidewalks. Hawthorne, like the rest of the city, is changing quickly. Young people and young families are here, and more are coming. Older residents want to age in place. Everyone in Hawthorne — across all demographic and age groups, and from Chestnut Street to Western Avenue, as well as all roads in between — deserves the safest streets possible. By the Transportation Department’s own measure, that includes the installation of sidewalks everywhere in Hawthorne. We call for that now. Mark Finkelpearl Hawthorne

The Current

Letters to the Editor Superfresh proposal raises many concerns

Your May 18 article “Revised designs shown for Superfresh parcel� gave short shrift to neighborhood concerns about the height of the proposed five- to seven-story building on the site of the former grocery store. A building of this size would exceed legal restrictions on the property. At the May 12 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E referenced in the article, members of the neighborhood group Citizens for Responsible Development pointed out that 300 residents have signed a petition to the ANC, our Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh and Mayor Muriel Bowser opposing the current proposal because it does not protect our current lowdensity, stable neighborhood. While the developer stated that they also have signatures supporting the project, we know that some of these signers were misled about the project. We also suspect that many do not live in the immediate neighborhood, as virtually all of our petition signers do. Your article also describes one attendee as saying a “silent majority� of young families see the project as a boost to the neighborhood’s vibrancy and walkability. It was not mentioned that this speaker may have a business connection to the developer. In fact, the large project will bring upward of a thousand cars and trucks to the neighborhood every day, a particular danger for children and the elderly. The 230 or so new families will put pressure on the currently overcrowded Janney Elementary School. These concerns have drawn both newer residents with young families and longtime residents to our group. Citizens for Responsible Development would support a development that reflects the scale and character of the neighborhood — Valor’s proposal doesn’t even come close. Sondra Mills and Shelly Repp On behalf of Citizens for Responsible Development

Ward 4 needs new voice on D.C. Council We oppose re-electing Brandon Todd to represent Ward 4 on the D.C. Council. His slim resume and experience around policy shows in the one piece of his proposed legislation that has become law: renaming Emery Recreation Center to Emery

Heights Community Center. A member of the council’s Education Committee, during budget negotiations, Council member Todd let $12.5 million for renovations at Shepherd Elementary School slide from his grasp. Suspicions that as a council member Mr. Todd would not cross Mayor Muriel Bowser (his former boss) to promote the best interests of constituents are borne out in his positions. For example, he co-signed a letter to the Public Service Commission expressing support of Mayor Bowser’s Pepco-Exelon merger agreement — despite vigorous opposition from many D.C. residents, advisory neighborhood commissions and environmental groups. Mr. Todd opposed a council measure to close the loophole in D.C. campaign finance laws that gave rise to FreshPAC, a political action committee that raised $300,000 in funds to elect Bowser allies to the D.C. Council before it was disbanded. He supported the mayor’s plan for leasing homeless shelters, many on properties owned by her campaign donors for whom such leases would provide a windfall. Fortunately, the council voted overwhelmingly for a plan that will save the city $162 million. We support Leon Andrews as an independent voice for Ward 4. As a doctoral candidate in urban and regional planning (University of Michigan) with a master’s in public policy, urban planning and economic development (Carnegie Mellon), Mr. Andrews would bring significant academic depth and practical knowledge not only for revitalizing Kennedy Street NW but also for balancing the city’s expected growth with residents’ quality of life. Mr. Andrews has spent the past decade working on urban policy with the National League of Cities, a group that partners with cities, towns and villages throughout the U.S. to tackle issues of public safety, crime, education, aging, fiscal responsibility, ethical contracting and planning. Mr. Andrews administers $15 million annually in grants to cities and towns as director of the group’s Race, Equity and Leadership initiative, which has enabled him to hone his collaborative skills and vision for Ward 4. We believe Leon Andrews represents a fresh start for voters to end pay-to-play politics in D.C. Alan Cohen, Maureen Cook, Al Getz, Jeff Gordon, Marie K. Hoffman, William B. Hoffman, Sara Nieves-Grafals, Mary S. Pence, Daniel M. Pence and Joan Williams Residents, Ward 4

Poll neighbors on proposed shelter

I attended the May 26 meeting at which Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Department of Human Services director Laura Zeilinger discussed plans to locate the shelter at the 2nd District police station. What struck me was that the meeting was not to inform the community about a contemplated or proposed action but to inform the community that the shelter will be built at the 2nd District station unless some obstacle comes along. It appears that an obstacle to be considered would be the existence of substantial local opposition to the location of the shelter and that the best way to gauge the extent of such opposition would be to canvass the local residents. We have a primary election coming up on June 14. Why not provide for persons registered to vote at the 2nd District to vote yay or nay for locating the shelter there? There need be no elaborate mechanism for the vote. Paper ballots could be handed out, executed, collected and counted. Michael Dickman

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Seniors should push city to help children

I strongly disagree, with all due respect, to Jay Thal’s call to the City for more senior services in the form of senior wellness centers [Letters to the Editor, April 27]. There are a number of good suggestions in the same letter (using existing facilities, working with existing centers, et cetera) to lower costs. Using these ideas, if such facilities are needed, I do not understand why we seniors cannot put it together and why the city needs to come into this with increased costs for all taxpayers. Surely being senior does not mean we are all incapable of doing things for ourselves. With apologies if it sounds high and mighty and preachy, I do think, with limited resources here to stay, time has come for seniors to do some advocacy for children who are the future (and obviously cannot advocate for themselves) rather than for ourselves. In this regard, I wonder why the city has a specific need for an Office on Aging. If the agency’s work focuses on certain income groups, this dimension could have been subsumed under other programs for such groups, rather than create yet another “Office.� Ritha Khemani Woodley Park

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Police Report This is a listing of incidents reported to the Metropolitan Police Department from May 23 to 29 in local police service areas, sorted by their report dates.

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Robbery ■ 1300-1399 block, I St.; 2:37 a.m. May 26. Motor vehicle theft ■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 9:35 p.m. May 24. Theft ■ 1000-1099 block, I St.; 12:43 p.m. May 23. ■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 12:55 p.m. May 23. ■ 500-599 block, 13th St.; 5:29 p.m. May 23. ■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 8:24 p.m. May 23. ■ 500-599 block, 11th St.; 2:08 p.m. May 24. ■ 1300-1399 block, K St.; 11:24 p.m. May 24. ■ 900-999 block, F St.; 12:37 p.m. May 26. ■ 600-699 block, 13th St.; 3:33 p.m. May 27. ■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 4:09 p.m. May 27. ■ 1000-1099 block, I St.; 9:12 p.m. May 27. ■ 1000-1099 block, F St.; 6:19 p.m. May 28. ■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 2:24 p.m. May 29. ■ 900-999 block, H St.; 9:22 p.m. May 29. Theft from auto ■ 800-899 block, 14th St.; 12:15 p.m. May 24. ■ 800-899 block, 14th St.; 6:20 p.m. May 24. ■ 800-899 block, 14th St.; 8:58 a.m. May 25. ■ 900-999 block, New York Ave.; 11:35 p.m. May 25. ■ 900-999 block, New York Ave.; 12:52 a.m. May 26.

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■ Gallery place PSA 102

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Robbery ■ 500-599 block, H St.; 8:48 p.m. May 23. Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 600-699 block, 7th St.; 11:42 p.m. May 25 (with knife). ■ 500-599 block, G St.; 3:06 a.m. May 29. Theft ■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 7:11 p.m. May 24. ■ 700-799 block, 7th St.; 2:09 a.m. May 26. ■ 600-699 block, H St.; 2:36 a.m. May 26. ■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 1:55 a.m. May 27. ■ 400-497 block, L St.; 9:55 p.m. May 27. ■ 300-498 block, Indiana

Ave.; 1:17 p.m. May 29.

May 24.

Theft from auto ■ 500-599 block, I St.; 12:34 p.m. May 25. ■ 400-443 block, K St.; 1:25 a.m. May 27. ■ 600-699 block, K St.; 1:52 a.m. May 28. ■ 600-699 block, New York Ave.; 4:30 a.m. May 28. ■ 400-499 block, 9th St.; 4 p.m. May 28. ■ 900-999 block, 9th St.; 10:01 p.m. May 29. ■ 1000-1089 block, 5th St.; 11:30 p.m. May 29.

Motor vehicle theft ■ 3600-3629 block, Porter St.; 8:17 a.m. May 29.

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Theft ■ 3300-3599 block, Legation St.; 10:37 a.m. May 29. Theft from auto ■ 6600-6623 block, Western Ave.; 1:59 p.m. May 26. ■ 3300-3398 block, Rittenhouse St.; 5:06 p.m. May 26. ■ 3800-3899 block, Livingston St.; 6:55 p.m. May 26. ■ 6600-6623 block, Western Ave.; 12:37 p.m. May 29.

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■ Friendship Heights PSA 202

Tenleytown / AU Park

Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 9:37 p.m. May 26 (with knife). Burglary ■ 4500-4599 block, Garrison St.; 1:39 p.m. May 23. ■ 4500-4599 block, Garrison St.; 3:40 p.m. May 23. Theft ■ 3805-3899 block, Fort Drive; 11:11 a.m. May 25. ■ 4540-4599 block, 42nd St.; 2:08 p.m. May 25. ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 8:37 p.m. May 26. ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:34 a.m. May 27. ■ 3805-3899 block, Fort Drive; 11:50 a.m. May 28. ■ 5254-5299 block, Western Ave.; 7:20 p.m. May 28. ■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 8:03 p.m. May 28. ■ 4530-4599 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5:28 a.m. May 29. Theft from auto ■ 3600-3699 block, Upton St.; 2:13 p.m. May 24. ■ 4200-4299 block, Ingomar St.; 6:21 p.m. May 25. ■ 5200-5299 block, 43rd St.; 8:04 p.m. May 27.

Theft ■ 4200-4399 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:40 a.m. May 25. ■ 4200-4399 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:06 a.m. May 29. Theft from auto ■ 3900-3999 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:47 p.m. May 23. ■ 3600-3699 block, 37th St.; 9:12 a.m. May 26. ■ 3600-3699 block, Cumberland St.; 10:49 a.m. May 26. ■ 3600-3699 block, Cumberland St.; 11:05 a.m. May 26. ■ 3300-3399 block, 36th St.; 4:07 p.m. May 29. ■ 3500-3599 block, 36th St.; 4:43 p.m. May 29.

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Motor vehicle theft ■ 2300-2499 block, 37th St.; 12:17 p.m. May 25. ■ 3000-3199 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5:50 p.m. May 27. ■ 2600-3899 block, Tunlaw Road; 1:32 p.m. May 29. Theft ■ 2700-2799 block, 29th St.; 10:17 a.m. May 23. ■ 3300-3399 block, Cathedral Ave.; 1:07 p.m. May 23. ■ 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:21 p.m. May 24. ■ 2700-2798 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:25 a.m. May 25. ■ 3000-3199 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:10 p.m. May 28. ■ 3700-3749 block, Newark St.; 8:23 p.m. May 28. Theft from auto ■ 2200-2298 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 9:45 a.m. May 24.

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■ palisades / spring valley PSA 205

Wesley Heights / Foxhall

Robbery ■ 5181-5299 block, MacArthur Blvd.; 12:45 p.m. May 27. Theft ■ 4880-4997 block, MacArthur Blvd.; 2:39 p.m. May 23. Theft from auto ■ 1400-1499 block, Ridgeview Way; 9:06 p.m. May 26.

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■ forest hills / van ness PSA 203

cleveland park

Burglary ■ 4200-4399 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:11 p.m.

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■ sheridan-kalorama PSA 208

dupont circle

Robbery

■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:58 p.m. May 24. ■ 1400-1499 block, P St.; 7:03 p.m. May 24. ■ 2100-2199 block, O St.; 6:32 a.m. May 29. Burglary ■ 11-15 block, Dupont Circle; 5:48 a.m. May 27. Theft ■ 1700-1799 block, P St.; 2:19 p.m. May 23. ■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 3:55 p.m. May 23. ■ 1500-1599 block, 22nd St.; 3:59 p.m. May 23. ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:56 p.m. May 23. ■ 2000-2016 block, P St.; 9:20 p.m. May 24. ■ 2000-2029 block, Florida Ave.; 10:17 p.m. May 24. ■ 1200-1249 block, 22nd St.; 1:55 p.m. May 25. ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3:46 p.m. May 25. ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:40 p.m. May 25. ■ 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:12 p.m. May 25. ■ 2100-2199 block, O St.; 7:42 p.m. May 25. ■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:53 a.m. May 26. ■ 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 1:57 p.m. May 26. ■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.; 3:02 p.m. May 26. ■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 4:40 p.m. May 26. ■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.; 10:09 p.m. May 26. ■ 1800-1899 block, S St.; 9:24 a.m. May 27. ■ 1510-1599 block, 20th St.; 1:49 a.m. May 29. ■ 1400-1499 block, P St.; 4:28 p.m. May 29. Theft from auto ■ 1500-1599 block, P St.; 5:22 p.m. May 25. ■ 1700-1799 block, 20th St.; 9:06 p.m. May 25. ■ 1500-1599 block, O St.; 8:38 a.m. May 26. ■ 1800-1899 block, T St.; 8:39 a.m. May 27. ■ 1721-1799 block, 18th St.; 6:33 p.m. May 27. ■ 1300-1499 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:51 p.m. May 28.

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■ colonial village PSA 401

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Assault with a dangerous weapon ■ 7100-7199 block, Georgia Ave.; 3:06 a.m. May 29 (with gun). Theft from auto ■ 6900-6935 block, Piney Branch Road; 3:26 p.m. May 25.

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Top dogs: St. Albans takes the DCSAA baseball championship

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

After falling in the D.C. State Athletic Association finals in the last two years, St. Albans was hungry to regain its place atop the District’s baseball scene. But its championship drought was soaked with rain during the scheduled DCSAA playoffs on May 21 and 22, which led to postponements and delays that pushed the championship game against Maret until exams had ended. The schedule and rain proved to be a blessing for the Bulldogs, who were able to host the finals in front of stands packed with raucous Bulldogs and Frogs fans instead of having to travel to the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Southeast to play on a neutral site. “We were very excited,” St. Albans coach R.J. Johnsen said. “It was an incredible atmosphere for a high school championship baseball game. Maret is just down the street, and their kids were walking up, and our kids were there. “ St. Albans fed off its home fans’ energy to edge the Frogs 2-1 to claim its first D.C. crown since 2013. “It was nice to finally get over the hump; it’s something the kids really wanted to do,” said Johnsen.

“Our goal every year is to win our league first, then to win the city title. Unfortunately, we lost in our league playoffs. Being able to play in the state tournament helps ease the pain from that loss.” After a pitchers’ duel between St. Albans junior ace Andrew Keane and Maret sophomore John Spaller through three innings, the Bulldogs got on the board first thanks to aggressive base-running. Junior Miguel Burelli took second base off a hit that probably should have landed him only on first. “We have said that out of the box every hit should be a double, until it’s a single,” said Johnsen. “He extended a single into a double and got onto second to start the inning.” Then the third-year scored when senior Griffin Coulter ripped a sacrifice fly, and Maret had a mishap fielding it. “That was really big,” said Johnsen. “Most of us expected a low-scoring game with pitching and defense — it was the last two times we played Maret. To get on the board first helps.” In the fifth inning, the Bulldogs padded the lead when Coulter’s smart play at the plate walked in what turned out to be the gamewinning run. Maret did try to rally back into the game and scored in the top of the sixth inning off an RBI by Josh

Photos courtesy of Cory Royster

St. Albans defeated Maret 2-1 on Friday afternoon, winning its first DCSAA baseball title since 2013. Herring, but that would be the team’s only run. Keane, who allowed just three hits in the game, closed out the finals by forcing the Frogs’ batters into a pair of groundouts and a

dramatic strikeout that brought the Bulldogs’ fans in the stands onto their feet and Keane’s teammates barreling into him to celebrate their crowning achievement. “There were probably over 500

people at the game,” said Johnsen. “When we got the two strikes, they were standing and cheering. When we got the third one, the kids were thrilled and dogpiled on the mound.”

Tigers maul Warriors 27-0 to claim fourth straight title By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

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Wilson junior pitcher Nora Parisi allowed no hits and just one walk through three innings in the DCIAA championship game on Thursday evening.

Wilson’s softball team was dominant against D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association competition this season, outscoring opponents 190-19, notching seven shutouts in its 10 league games, and earning a staggering seven runs more than its opponent in even its smallest margin of victory. In the DCIAA championship game at the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy on Thursday, the Tigers delivered one last beatdown — a 27-0 demolition of the H.D. Woodson Warriors. “Going along with the rest of the year the girls enjoyed themselves and worked hard to win the championship,” Tigers coach Kelsey Curran wrote in an email. Despite the lopsided score, Wilson did show sportsmanship by taking outs in the bottom of the third inning to try to end the game. And although the DCIAA doesn’t allow for a mercy rule or time limit to be in effect for a championship game, Woodson coach Edward Wilkerson decided to end it. “We did everything in our power to make sure that we represented Wilson in a positive light,” Curran wrote. “There were

several situations where I had the girls bunt with bases loaded or leave the base early. Unfortunately, Woodson could just not make the plays that were necessary to end the innings.” The Tigers’ shutout was fueled by junior pitcher Nora Parisi, who allowed no hits through three innings. “Nora has done a phenomenal job all season pitching for us,” wrote Curran. “We relied on her a lot to lead the defense and she stayed poised and focused on the mound. She threw a great championship game that was reminiscent of her overall junior season.” While Parisi was stingy at the mound, the Tigers were greedy at the plate. The pitcher racked up five RBIs and Emma Jacobson notched four. Meanwhile, Shikyra Jones, Sarah Thompson and Suzanna Strauss each recorded three RBIs. In addition Jacobson launched a home run. “It definitely was to our advantage that this was the third time we had seen Woodson this season,” wrote Curran. “We have seen [the Warriors’ pitcher] throw in both games previously and just had to stick with the game plan of being patient and having quality at-bats. Nora Parisi, Kimberly

Manalang, Emma Jacobsen, Sarah Thompson and Shay Jones all had big hits that kept the offense rolling.” The Tigers believe their championship run started with their win against Visitation — which entered the year as the reigning D.C. State Athletic Association champions — in a preseason exhibition. “When we beat Visitation in our scrimmage in the beginning of the year we were pretty excited,” said Parisi. “Visitation has been our best competition the past couple of years.” The Tigers weren’t able to defeat the Cubs when it counted in the DCSAA playoffs, falling 9-3 on May 18. But the DCIAA gave them a chance to bounce back and end the season on a high note. “The DCSAA was a tough loss for the girls but it was reassuring knowing we had the opportunity to win the DCIAA,” Curran wrote. The Tigers now have an overall four DCIAA titles in a row. Parisi, who’s been on the team for three of those, says she has high hopes for her senior year at Wilson. “I really hope we win next year,” Parisi said. “I really want to say that I have won it all four years.”

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The Bulldogs’ silver-winning varsity eight boat was rowed by senior stroke Magruder Dent, junior Ryan Friberg, junior Hugh Jia, junior Nathan Manrique, sophomore Barton Trimble, sophomore Sam Shipps, junior Collett Preston and senior bow Thomas Marsh.

After St. Albans’ varsity eight boat finished in fourth place at Stotesbury on May 21, the Bulldogs couldn’t wait for a chance to redeem themselves and finish the season strong. At the Scholastic Rowing Association of America Championships in Ohio on Saturday, the Bulldogs took silver with a stellar time of 4 minutes and 21.90 seconds. It was just a smidgen slower than Chicagoarea high school New Trier’s time of 4:17. “The SRAA result was a special end to the season,� Bulldogs coach Ted Haley told The Current in an email. “We had been building toward this and we had a good, but not great, result at Stotesbury. I felt like the hard work that went into this whole year came together in Ohio.� The Bulldogs’ top boat was rowed from stern to bow by senior stroke Magruder Dent, junior Ryan Friberg, junior Hugh Jia, junior Nathan Manrique, sophomore Barton Trimble, sophomore Sam Shipps, junior Collett Preston and senior bow Thomas Marsh. “These guys stayed calm when things were uncertain and unsettled,� Haley wrote. “Their ability to maintain composure helped us get to a good place at the end of the season. This was a fabulous class of hard working young men. They are also good citizens and class leaders who made the most of their 4 years rowing at St. Albans.� St. Albans’ top boat finished a decorated year with a slew of honors — taking gold at the Charlie Butt Regatta, extending its winning streak to seven at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association title meet (known as VASRA), and earning fourth place at Stotesbury. The Bulldogs’ second eight boat also helped add to the trophy case at the school, winning its division at the Charlie Butt, VASRA and Stotesbury regattas.

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National Cathedral’s varsity eight boat capped off a stellar season with a third-place finish at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America Championships in Ohio on Saturday. The Eagles’ top boat — rowed by Amelia Parizek, Beata Corcoran, Serena Irwin, Hannah Yazdani, Isabel Bogart, Hadley Irwin, Naomi Davy, Sophie Bredenkamp and coxswain Kendall Green — posted a time of 4 minutes and 59.85 seconds to finish just behind New Trier’s winning time of 4:54 and Saratoga’s second-place time of 4:55. “It was great to finish off the season with a Bronze at Nationals,� Cathedral coach Greg King wrote to The Current in an email. “The competition expanded for this regatta and the fastest schools in the country attended. It’s always great to face off against the best and see how you stack up.� This makes the fifth straight year that the Eagles have had a boat competing in the national championship regatta. “Keeping the streak alive of being one of the fastest out there was satisfying,� King wrote.

The coach touted the Eagles’ competitive strength despite coming from a smaller school from the ones they’re typically rowing against. King said Cathedral has between 70 and 80 kids in each class and just 32 rowers, while

â??It’s always great to face off against the best and see how you stack up.â?ž — Cathedral coach Greg King their competition often has a student population of more than 4,000. “Some other teams start their athletes rowing considerably earlier than we do, and also row year round,â€? he wrote. “This group of athletes didn’t even know this, nor would they care, I imagine. They were special because they were willing to face any challenge. They were more concerned about putting out their best as individual athletes in order to achieve results as a unit.â€? Cathedral’s top boat finished the year with a slew of honors. The Eagles took second in the St.

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National Cathedral’s varsity eight boat -- rowed by Amelia Parizek, Beata Corcoran, Serena Irwin, Hannah Yazdani, Isabel Bogart, Hadley Irwin, Naomi Davy, Sophie Bredenkamp and coxswain Kendall Green -- earned third place at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America championship on Saturday.

Andrews’ race, in addition to winning the Carr Cup, taking the TBC Tussle, finishing first in the Charlie Butt Regatta and earning gold at Stotesbury.

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SHELTER: Residents speak out at contentious meeting From Page 1

The council voted unanimously yesterday to finalize the homeless shelter plan it had given initial approval two weeks earlier. Mayor Bowser had sent a letter to Mendelson’s office on May 27 indicating tentative support for the council’s plan while raising lingering issues, like replacement parking needs and the feasibility of the specified number of units at the Ward 3 site. The Bowser administration has secured an architect to conduct preliminary design work at the police headquarters. “With the debate now behind us, I look forward to working with neighbors across the District to build replacement facilities that we can all be proud of, and that reflect the best of who we are as a society,” Bowser wrote in a statement yesterday. City officials at Thursday’s community meeting could offer few specific details on the shelter’s design and layout, given that such plans haven’t been drawn up yet. But they challenged numerous community concerns about planned services and the overall approach to the citywide shelter plan. One resident asked whether homeless residents would thrive in a community filled with pricey restaurants but few low-cost dining options. “I doubt that most of the people will be going to Raku or to Barcelona,” the resident joked. Several others noted that the closest Metro stations — either Tenleytown/AU or Cleveland Park — are about a mile away. “Our families are resilient people,” Zeilinger replied. “In places that they live now, they are using the bus system. We have a pretty robust transportation system, with buses as a part of it. Their concern is not that ‘I would be too far away,’ but ‘I’m concerned with how the neighbors might treat me.’” Some residents close to the latest proposed site do appear welcoming. Kelley Ellsworth of 38th Street NW told The Current she takes issue with the concept of permanently installed shelters as a means of connecting people experiencing homelessness to the services they need, but she nonetheless thinks the community’s relationship to the shelter would be mutually beneficial. Not everyone was as supportive. An anonymous coalition of residents handed out fliers and posted signs outside the Washington Hebrew Congregation, where the meeting took place, and throughout the neighborhood with phrases like “Bad Process = Bad Policy” and “Do It Right! There are Better Sites!” At the end of the meeting, past the time when the building attendees were expected to be out of the building, a resident from the 3300 block of Idaho delivered an impassioned speech

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The D.C. Council unanimously approved a plan that includes a Ward 3 family homeless shelter on the site of the 2nd District Police Headquarters at 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. railing against the plan and arguing that the block will sink into disrepair unless the shelter plan is derailed. In the days following the meeting, Newark Street NW resident Vsev Horodyskyj has gathered 182 signatures on a change.org petition titled “No To Proposed Family Shelter on Idaho Avenue NW.” The petition, which is sent to 94 D.C. officials including Cheh and Mendelson upon each new signature, calls the proposed location “inadequate” and cites many of the concerns discussed at the meeting. A sticking point for several residents was the lack of notice about the chosen site. Cheh had listed the police building as one of three possible alternatives to the mayor’s site back in March, but the announcement of the chosen site came without public notice that the other two sites had been disqualified. The police department was not notified either, according to spokesperson Alice Kim. “MPD was not made aware of the proposal in advance, and we are still working to obtain more information about this homeless shelter,” Kim wrote in an email. “We continue to be in touch with city officials and appropriate folks regarding details at this time.” Several residents in the audience audibly rebutted assertions from council members that property values won’t be affected by the shelter. One said she felt blindsided by the news. “It feels like kind of a contract or an assurance that we have from you all that we can expect certain things in the future,” she said. “I’m a block away, and I don’t really have a choice.” Cheh and Mendelson insisted they didn’t arrive at the decision hastily. Cheh cited a trip she took in March to the similarly structured Bridges to Independent Family Shelter in Arlington as an example of the careful research she has undertaken. In an interview, Cheh said she found the site to be “quite successful and accept-

ed.” Meanwhile, several Eaton Elementary School parents took the microphone to blast the city government for failing to address overcrowding issues in the midst of a citywide school improvement effort. Those parents worried that children living in the temporary shelter would either add to the overcrowding problem or end up on the waitlist, like many of their neighbors. Mendelson said there are no plans to alter citywide regulations that allow students who move out of their school’s boundary to remain in their original school rather than move to one closer to their new home. He said he expects that fewer than 10 students from the homeless shelter would be entering neighborhood schools at any given time. Zeilinger estimates approximately 80 children will be staying in the shelter, designed to comfortably fit 50 families, at any one time. Around 40 percent of those would be 3 years old and younger, she said. Most of the inhabitants at the existing D.C. General family shelter — which city officials agree is outdated, cramped and aesthetically compromised — tend to be single parents with young children, Zeilinger said. Officials resisted offering specific answers to questions about traffic and security in the neighborhood, pointing again to the lack of concrete plans. Cheh reiterated her previous promise to assemble a neighborhood advisory group as the process moves into the finer details. She also offered an emotional appeal to skeptical residents, pointing to her own modest upbringing and instances of close friends who briefly experienced homelessness. “What we want to do is take folks who are in that situation and stand them up,” Cheh said. “We want to be able to help them find a place that they can sustainably stay in and live a proper life. That’s what this shelter is about.”

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Spotlight on Schools Eaton Elementary School

The fifth-graders went to the National Building Museum to learn about the geodesic dome, which was invented by Buckminster Fuller. He invented this metal and glass dome to try to solve the housing shortage after World War II. He created it to be inexpensive and easy to build from very few materials. It was lightweight but also strong. We learned that the dome was one of many ways to solve the housing shortage. As a class, we built our own geodesic dome. We started out with a decagon on the floor. It was made of color-coded rods and connectors. Our guide first gave us step-by-step instructions but we got the hang of it and soon we didn’t need help and finished the whole dome as a team on our own. Lots of teamwork was involved because some people needed to be holding pieces in place while others added pieces. At the end, we had a big geodesic dome that could fit the whole class. Inside, we talked about what it would be like to live inside one. We realized why this idea wasn’t successful. The dome shape is inconvenient for a home: furniture doesn’t fit well, doors have to be triangles and pictures can’t hang on curved walls. Learning and building sums up our trip to the museum; we learned about the history of the geodesic dome while getting to build one ourselves. — Camille Anderson, Nadia Blankenship and Talia Ehrenberg, fifth-graders

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cluding their exciting six week trees study with a fun-filled trip to the National Arboretum. They have learned so much about trees and how they impact their daily lives. Our Pandas have explored how trees grow from seeds and support our ecosystem to how they impact transportation and contributed the timber that built their beautiful school. We ended our week studying how paper is made and how we use it in our classroom. Sadie said “paper comes from trees and is made by special machines.� Emile explained how the tissues we use to blow our noses come from trees. Evelyn and Grayson said “our paper cups and drawing paper come from trees� and Reina added that “our lunch trays are made of paper and come from trees.� Trees give us food to eat and rubber for the shoes on our feet. — Powerful Pandas pre-K class

Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital

The Fourth Grade Trailblazers class was invited to a special program at the Embassy of Israel on May 20. A fifth-grade class from Hearst Elementary School was invited too. We performed an Israeli dance routine for everyone. Every year, JPDS-NC has an Israeli Dance Performance. We performed the choreography from that show. Then we taught two dances to the Hearst students, and they learned very fast. The Embassy of Israel adopted Hearst through the Embassy

Adoption Program. This is a program that introduces D.C. public school students to other countries’ history, cultures, governments, arts and geography. The Israeli Embassy taught the Hearst students about Israel, and some of the traditions, holidays, foods and arts in Israel. At the visit, the Hearst students made a presentation about what they learned from the Israeli embassy. Then, Hearst students led everyone in “Hatikvah,� the national anthem of Israel. Then we had a delicious Israeli lunch. There was falafel, pita with hummus and salad. For dessert, we had rugelach (a kind of cookie) and an Israeli chocolate bar that was like wafers but with more chocolate. Two people from Hearst said “you did a good job!� and the others said they learned a bunch and had a great experience this year. We had a blast and we wish we could have this experience again. We loved that we helped people to learn about Israeli dance. — Eleanor Friedland, Zoe KaiserBlueth and Lilli Libowitz, fourth-graders

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METRO: Evans, board chairman and D.C. Council member, pushes for dedicated funding From Page 2

cent would bring in more than $1 billion per year. D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said in an interview said he thought an increase of just 0.25 percent would do the job, up from 5.75 percent. (The sales tax in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs is 6 percent.) Mendelson said he is confident the council would be willing to increase the sales tax

as long as the Maryland and Virginia suburban communities agree to raise theirs by the same amount and dedicate the funds that the increase produces to Metro. Evans said that Virginia jurisdictions would need state legislature approval to increase their sales tax rates, even if they all agreed. He is also pushing for more federal funding. Meanwhile, since the Metro system has only two tracks for each line, trains going in opposite directions must share a track when

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ing, she said she has received complaints about after-hours noise disturbances on the hotel’s back patio, late deliveries in the back alley, and even property damage to the condominium property. At Nichols’ request, ANC 2B voted unanimously to protest the renewal of the hotel’s liquor license. Nichols said the existing settlement agreement addressing noise and delivery issues at the hotel hasn’t been updated since 1999. She hopes this protest will start a productive conversation so that neighbors don’t feel threatened by hotel operations. Spencer resident and condo board member Jennifer Hanley told meeting attendees that the hotel’s delivery trucks frequently block access to the condo building’s parking lot and have damaged its parking pad and trash bins as a result of negligence and over-

use, according to her own observations and comments from several neighbors in her building and in several nearby row houses. Her husband, Steve Kameny, said delivery trucks have interrupted his sleep on several occasions after 1 a.m., despite frustrated phone calls to hotel administrators. In an interview with The Current on Tuesday, Hanley said ANC 2B has been helpful in moving negotiations with the hotel forward, but an agreement still hasn’t been reached. Other hotels nearby haven’t presented problems to Hanley and her neighbors, she said, and she wants the DoubleTree to meet the same standard. Residents hope the hotel changes will resolve some of these issues. “We look forward to working in a positive way with the new management but with a very wary eye with the practices that they have had in the past,� Kameny said at the meeting.

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one is being maintained. “It doesn’t work,� Evans said. Most major systems, including Chicago’s and Philadelphia’s, already have three tracks per line; New York’s has four. Evans said he plans to campaign to have any new lines have three tracks. A day after last Tuesday’s Citizens Association of Georgetown meeting, key regional leaders did agree on a draft agreement that would create a six-member Metrorail Safety Commission with authority over

Metro regarding safety matters. The D.C. mayor and the governors of Maryland and Virginia would each appoint two members and an alternate. Members would have experience relevant to Metro and would not hold elected or appointed public office while serving on the commission. In a news release, Mayor Muriel Bowser praised the collaborative effort: “Once again, the DMV has shown that when we come together as a region, we get things done.�

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CO-OP: Local parents team up to extend city program into summer at Macomb Playground

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she attended before the family moved. The Volta program was launched in 2013 to “help promote the social, emotional, physical and intellectual development of participants through play and social interaction,� according to parks department spokesperson Gwendolyn Crump. Similar September-through-May programs are offered at a variety of other D.C. Parks and Recreation Department sites, including Northwest’s Hearst Recreation Center, Chevy Chase Community Center, Chevy Chase Recreation Center, Guy Mason Recreation Center, Mitchell Park and Rose Park. The biggest challenge in launching his own program was finding the space, Kim said. When Kim asked the agency in February to provide a list of available spaces for a program of this kind, an agency representative came back with a single option: the Macomb playground and recreation center in Cleveland Park. Permits have been signed with help from the agency, according to Crump, and the parks department assured Kim in mid-May that the space would be ready for the first day of the program on

June 1, he said. “I had to balance the tightrope of balancing our application for space with D.C. government and trying to move as quickly as possible so families don’t walk away,� Kim said. The parks department also will provide furniture and, possibly, supplies to the group this summer, Crump said. The Macomb Park option proved a lucky break for Kim and his fellow parents. For the last few months, the parks department has been conducting repairs and renovations on the park building. Kim’s daughter and her classmates will be the first to use the finished space, Kim said. “It looked like it was pretty much a new building,� Kim said. “We’re very happy with the space we’ll be getting.� Both the Volta and Macomb programs include such activities as “circle time� for group discussions and singalongs, parentled activities and crafts, hand washing, snack time, reading time and outdoor play (weather permitting). Kim’s daughter’s experience with the 12 other children has been positive. When Kim decided to pursue a summer program modeled after the existing parks department co-op, his instinct was to keep the schedule and setup the same.

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Both the Volta and Macomb programs also feature 30-minute music classes taught by Capitol Hill resident Stephen Leroy, who teaches at several co-ops across the city. He engages the children — and sometimes the parents — with pre-recorded music, live instruments and dancing. “[The parents] like throwing themselves into it and having fun with the music, as well,� Leroy said. Parents are paying a flat $690 tuition fee per student for Kim’s summer co-op program. Some of the same children and parents from the school-year co-op will return for the summer, while others will be newcomers, Kim said. He advertised the program first to parents at Volta Park, and then on the Glover Park listserv. Within two or three days, all 13 spots were filled, and a waitlist developed, as well. Kim interviewed a few candidates to fill the summer facilitator position, and the consensus choice went through background checks and other paperwork, he said. Douglas proved a useful resource for Kim throughout the process because of her experience with both kinds of co-op programs. She’s the facilitator for the Volta Park program, coordinating parental involvement and interacting with the kids on a daily basis.

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Before that, she started a summer co-op similar to Kim’s at the Hamilton Recreation Center in 16th Street Heights. “We had a lot of fun and a lot of interest,� Douglas said. “I was so thankful that DPR gave us space [at Hamilton] in the last minute without making us jump through lots of hoops.� Aside from the obvious benefit of getting the children out of the house during the warmer months, Douglas said the program has the potential to help young people get more acclimated to rituals they’re guaranteed to perform later in life, like meeting new people, sticking to a schedule and even putting your own coat away. Kim might not have started the program without Douglas’ encouragement. She assured him that the demand would be there, and it continues to be today, she said. “I told him, ‘I don’t think you’ll have any problem finding people,’� Douglas said. “There’s a ton of people out there who need the care and want that experience of being in the classroom with their kid and don’t have access to it otherwise.� The parks department is considering establishing a half-day program for kids below age 3 for next summer, Crump said.

Florida Avenue and 20th Street NW sits on the very edge of its historic district, near other newer buildings. Board members also felt that this application is a special case because net zero is particularly important to the mission of the geophysical association. “I am very concerned about precedent in this case, because once one person on the edge of a historic district with a noncontributing building constructs a solar array that increases the allowable height of buildings by more than a story, we are going to have hundreds of other buildings in the city who are proposing the same thing,� Davidson said. “We have the desire to maintain the charac-

ter of this city, and that’s what our job is. And the character of our city is unique. It’s why people like to come here to visit. It’s what they expect to see. It’s why people live here, and it’s why people live in their neighborhoods. And adding arrays to buildings like this in such a manner does change the character of the neighborhood and the city.� The preservation board has generally allowed solar panels on flat roofs where they aren’t visible from the street in historic districts or on other historically designated properties. However, members notably ruled against the installation of panels on the roof a Cleveland Park home back in 2012, saying the appearance of historic districts shouldn’t be altered each

time new technology emerges. Board chair Gretchen Pfaehler echoed that concern last week, saying projects should take the “long view� of how buildings will look over the next 50 to 100 years. “When photovoltaics are no longer the technology of the day, when the human race has found something that’s better to operate and function in our buildings, the vestige of this photovoltaic array will be this structure up on the rooftop with no cells in it. Like the old antennas that are everywhere along our roofs,� said Pfaehler. A project engineer disagreed that there should be a concern. “In 20 years, when the building is ready again for renovating and upgrading, I can see how this same piece of infrastructure could well support that next best technology, whether it be solar concentrators or something else,� he said. The project also has support from neighbors and the environmental community. Peyton Chung of the Sierra Club’s D.C. chapter testified to the importance of environmentally friendly solutions. “If left unchecked, the higher sea levels caused by global warming would threaten the very existence of countless historic structures within the District of Columbia,� Chung said. Board members said they’re considering the issue more broadly and will also review the Florida Avenue project once it’s complete. American Geophysical Union spokesperson Caitlyn Camacho said she expects construction to begin in early 2017 and last 12 to 15 months. Cost estimates aren’t yet available, but she said a project goal is to demonstrate that environmentally friendly solutions are “both feasible and cost-effective.�

Getting Around in D.C.

A Look at Transportation in Northwest Washington

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Aging Volvo crossover hasn’t lost its charms

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be thinking of the flashy new XC90 crossover, redesigned last year to great acclaim. But Volvo also sells the XC60, a smaller, lessexpensive, five-passenger model — one that’s been on sale for seven years but retains important qualities in its class. Volvo has a family-friendly reputation, and the XC60 retains that appeal. Crash-test results are excellent, and clever features include built-in booster seats, a display showing which passengers aren’t belted in, and a system that automatically alerts authorities after a collision. The XC60 also has other attributes appealing to anyone interested in an upscale compact crossover: composed ride and handling; a well-finished interior with gorgeous and comfortable front seats; and a roomy, flexible cargo hold. New “Drive-E” engines improve acceleration and fuel economy — they’re small four-cylinders that are simultaneously turbocharged and supercharged. The tested T6 all-wheeldrive model has an impressive 302 horsepower while still being rated for 22 mpg in mixed driving (albeit on premium fuel); base models have 240 horsepower, front-wheel drive and 26 mpg on regular gas. Overall, if you’re attracted to the utility and com-

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The 2016 Volvo XC60 is no longer cutting-edge, but it’s still an upscale family-friendly small crossover.

fort of a Honda CR-V but crave something more stylish and upscale — and models like a BMW X3 or Mercedes-Benz GLC come off as too fancy or showy — this Volvo could fit the bill nicely. However, the XC60’s age is still evident at times. When it debuted in 2010, Volvo decided to use buttons and dials for the infotainment system rather than a touchscreen; it’s cleverly executed for what it is, but it can be daunting, and the screen itself isn’t large. Even on the safety front, the XC60’s automatic emergency braking system is rated behind several newer competitors. Expect to pay about as much for an XC60 as for any other European compact crossover, or several thousand more than for an Acura RDX or Lincoln MKC. Base prices start at $37,595 and can increase quickly; the tested car, not fully optioned, costs $52,505. A number of those competitors are quieter, plusher, more advanced and generally more posh overall, but the XC60 holds its own on all fronts.

Humble Camry gets spicier in XSE trim

The Toyota Camry isn’t a nameplate commonly associated with excitement or luxury. But the most popular Camry — the SE model — adds some spice to this historically vanilla bestseller: tweaks to the styling, seats and suspension designed to bring a touch of sporty flavor. In its most recent redesign, for the 2015 model year, Toyota began offering a new upper echelon for its most fun Camry, the XSE, with additional luxury features that include suede-trimmed sport seats, radar-based automatic cruise control and wireless smartphone charging. The XSE is also available with a powerful 268-horsepower V6 engine. Of course, the heart of this car is still a Camry, one of the most sensible cars in its sensible class of midsize family sedans. It has particularly appealing interior room, visibility and user-friendly dashboard controls. However, at a sticker price of $35,397 for the tested Camry XSE V6, some shoppers may choose to pursue a posher experience from the latest Chevrolet

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2016 Toyota Camry XSE Malibu, Chrysler 200 or Kia Optima. And for sportier handling, consider the Ford Fusion, Honda Accord or Mazda6. — Brady Holt

Agency wraps up ‘Potholepalooza’

The District’s annual “Potholepalooza” road repair blitz ended last month with more than 16,500 potholes filled, the D.C. Department of Transportation reported Thursday. The six-week campaign strives to address any reported pothole within 48 hours, rather than the usual 72 hours. The agency also fixed other potholes spotted by its crews during the effort, but the agency said it did receive more than 2,000 service requests — 85 percent of which

were repaired within the twoday goal. Residents can continue to report potholes by calling 311, visiting 311.dc.gov or using the 311 smartphone app. The District has filled more than 70,000 potholes during Potholepaloozas since the campaigns began in 2009, according to the Transportation Department. Last year’s effort filled 27,440 potholes, the agency said earlier this spring.

Traffic control plans now available online

Construction projects that block part of a street, sidewalk or public alley need an approved traffic control plan from the D.C. Department of Transportation. Last week, the agency made information on those approved plans available online at tops.ddot.dc.gov under “occupancy permits.” “Greater access to agency data, which includes approved TCPs, is one of the core strategies in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Vision Zero Action Plan” — a goal to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries in D.C. by 2024 — the agency said in a news release.

The rate increase came about when the council sought to cover a shortfall in the city’s annual contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which needs more funding to handle operations and safety costs, according to Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh, chair of the transportation committee. The increases stand to generate $2 million in additional revenue this year alone, and between $6 million and $10 million in subsequent years, said Cheh. “We think about transportation holistically,” she said in an interview. “It’s not just this part and that part and the other part.” The council abandoned an earlier plan to keep prices steady but extend meter hours because that plan would have involved altering parking signs, Cheh said. She backs the plan because she said it will generate more revenue without raising fees above market rate. “We have to pay a fairly sizable amount of money every year to WMATA,” Cheh said. “We’re in the hole. We need a considerable amount of money to make it safe and effective.” Mendelson added in a statement to The Current that parking meter rates are one of the few ways to tax non-residents who use the city’s services. The American Automobile Association remains critical of the revenue raised from D.C. parking rates and fines, taking particular notice that the lower-cost meters’ rate has more than tripled. “This is all about raising revenue and nothing more,” AAA spokesperson John Townsend wrote in an email. Cheh countered that the number of 75-cent meters was “very, very tiny,” but some community members also question that decision, including Patrick Kennedy, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End). “There’s just different levels of demand in different parts of the city, and I think pricing should reflect that,” Kennedy said. He added that he has heard little to no concern about the rate increase from his own constituents. Kennedy and several other community leaders also said they were glad to see the council move away from late-night enforcement hours, which might have encouraged more drivers to park in adjacent residential neighborhoods. But Michael Gold of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D said the fees will hit hard in the Palisades and worries that this increase will set a precedent for more increases to come. (ANC 3D

includes Foxhall, the Palisades, Spring Valley and Wesley Heights.) “Increased parking fees is not where we need to be going for additional revenue generation,” Gold said. “We just don’t need to be adding to that burden for people who can least afford it.” Meanwhile, Victor Silveira of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3C (Cleveland Park, Massachusetts Avenue Heights, Woodley Park) thinks the price increase will prevent people from occupying metered spots for long stretches of the day — which is illegal but can be difficult to enforce. The last time the fees went up, he said, that problem went away almost immediately. Randy Speck, chair of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3/4G (Chevy Chase) echoed Silveira, and said he’s asked the D.C. Department of Transportation to consider adding more metered spaces in the neighborhood’s commercial district. To the south, Georgetown stakeholders differ on the best course of action for dealing with parking demand. Georgetown Business Improvement District transportation director Will Handsfield said he thinks adjusting the price is the most effective tool and wishes the Department of Transportation had recommended a slightly higher increase. Fees haven’t been updated in several years, and the current increase is almost negated by adjusting for inflation, he said. But Georgetown advisory neighborhood commissioner Bill Starrels worries that higher rates will mean more drivers spilling over into the residential zones, where parking is free during meter hours for two hours even without a residential permit. “People are inherently cheap when it comes to parking,” he said. The city plans to continue enforcing parking violators in residential neighborhoods as it has previously, Transportation Department spokesperson Terry Owens said. Several stakeholders said they’d like to see the agency develop further variability of its meter rates, such as the “dynamic pricing model” it’s experimenting with in the Gallery Place/Chinatown area. Since last fall, parking meter fees have varied based on the agency’s determination of demand during individual blocks of time. “You don’t want to overprice it and underprice it,” Coalition for Smarter Growth executive director Cheryl Cort said in an interview. “By just arbitrarily raising the rates, you could end up not using street parking efficiently.”

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for hours, according to Hayat. Tim Cox, executive director of The Washington Home, has said previously that care standards would remain throughout the closure process, but he did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this article. Even announcements of and the lead-up to the Home’s sale were handled insensitively, said Mary Mason, co-chair of The Washington Home’s family council. In her telling, the rumors began in early spring 2015. Washington Home staff began talking about a possible sale to Sidwell. Most concerning for Mason, the rumors were awfully specific. The scuttlebutt was that the president of Sidwell had been visiting to talk about a sales contract. However, up until June, Cox had “reaffirmed that a sale was not happening,� according to Mason. Along with her co-chair Ivan Mayfield, Mason met with Cox multiple times during the spring and summer. Each time, according to Mason, Cox dispelled rumors of a sale. He said later that the contract included confidentiality provisions and that he didn’t want to cause anxiety prematurely. When the sale was finalized, staff and nurses brought residents downstairs to a late afternoon meeting announcing the closure. Patients let out gasps in shock. “To do that, in that kind of manner, in this mass herd of people, was so discompassionate,� said Mason.

When Wanda Fischer heard the announcement, she said she found it to be “not clear. It was very general.� Her mother is a resident at The Washington Home, and Fischer said it hasn’t been easy finding a replacement home. The Washington Home also creates another burden in accessing medical records. “We have to pay 55 cents a page to get our medical records. That could add up to a minimum of $50,� Fischer said. The D.C. Tenants’ Advocacy Coalition pushed it as an election issue at its candidates forum on May 16. Former Mayor Vincent Gray, now vying for the Ward 7 D.C. Council seat, said his late wife and brother stayed at The Washington Home. At the forum, Gray blasted incumbent Yvette Alexander, who chairs the D.C. Council’s Health and Human Services Committee, for canceling a hearing on The Washington Home. Alexander did not attend the forum but said in an interview that she plans to hold a roundtable on the issue before the council’s summer recess. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine’s spokesperson Robert Marus said his office has “been looking at the issues around the sale of The Washington Home for some time now,� and that they have spoken to residents, the nursing home’s representatives, UDC officials and the D.C. long-term care ombudsman. “We are now engaging the D.C. Department of Health to do everything we can to assist the Home’s residents.�

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The Washington Home on Upton Street NW is slated for closure.

Hayat, the director of the Housing & Consumer Law Clinic at UDC, said the clinic’s involvement has multiple goals. Among them is to stabilize the level of care at the home, and also to give more time for residents, particularly “the most severely disabled,� to find replacement housing. One suggestion is for The Washington Home to lease back the space from Sidwell for six months in order to continue operating — a provision allowed under the sale contract — but the Home has so far declined that option. “The goal here is not to stop the sale necessarily, but to slow it,� Hayat said. Jim McGrath, chair of the D.C. Tenants’ Advocacy Coalition, said his group is largely leaning on UDC’s efforts to produce a successful result. The tenants group has separately protested outside the Home in recent weeks. “You should not be experiencing eviction at the end of your life,� McGrath said.

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new locations, but agencies didn’t give the public or the council an opportunity to review them before deciding to build on the existing Ellington school site, according to the report. “I think that such a major decision as where to locate a citywide performing arts school was not publicly debated and thoroughly vetted by the council is pretty surprising,� D.C. auditor Kathy Patterson told The Current in an interview Tuesday. Her latest report — the third of its kind on school modernizations — represents her attempt to make up for her office’s failure to produce such annual reports as mandated in 2006 legislation. Agencies nixed the Ellington Field possibility following community opposition, according to the report. But a major lingering question the report leaves unanswered is why then-Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson rejected the Logan School site. Patterson told The Current she thinks Gray and Henderson could answer that question, but the answer is nowhere else to be found. “We weren’t able to track down any discussion or minutes or emails or reports that said, ‘Here’s why,’� Patterson said. “Our point is that it’s not part of the public record.� Though exceeding the budget by $100 million seems high to many observers, the report suggests that the council might have approved a $178 million project had it been presented that way before work got underway. But the “piecemeal approach� to completing the work indicates mismanagement, according to the report. The latest audit also points out

that the amount of square feet of performance space per student at the new Ellington school — approximately 466 — far exceeds averages for similar schools in urban districts nationwide, which range from 136 to 240. The report says the council might have suggested an alternative, more costeffective approach to this aspect of the project if legislators had the chance to review it in advance. After laying out its findings, the auditor’s report calls for greater transparency from agencies on project costs, a more comprehensive system of policies and procedures for modernization projects, and the completion of “education specifications� for modernization projects before they can be included in the city’s Capital Improvement Plan. The Department of General Services provided responses to several of the report’s claims within the text of the report. The agency plans to consult multiple management firms about school modernizations in the future, rather than only one. Other refinements of agency procedures are also in the works, according to the report. A spokesperson of the agency was unable to respond to questions yesterday afternoon, and officials at the council’s Committee on Education did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication. Patterson plans to continue releasing one audit each year and, with the Ellington report, to closely monitor agencies’ responses. The promises of improvement from the Department of General Services is a strong first step, she said. “To the extent that the council weighs in on the need to have greater cost consciousness, I think the agencies will comply,� Patterson said.

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Mid-century home offers quiet getaway at top of D.C.

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split-level built in 1965. Since that time, the sole owner and his family replaced the roof five years ago and renovated the interior. A 2012 project remodeled and updated the kitchen, bathrooms and living quarters. The home boasts two enormous fireplaces, a four-room master suite and a full entertainment floor on the lower level. Oversized windows throughout, also replaced in 2012, allow sunlight to stream in throughout the day. Before listing this home for sale, the owners pulled up the 50-year-old carpet to reveal hardwood floors underneath. The home is available for $899,000. The front door opens onto a simple entrance hall with stairs up to the main level and down to the lower. The main level begins with a formal dining room that

flows into a large living room with a wide fireplace area, built of man-made, composite-stone bricks and elevated off the floor with wide alcoves on either side. Giant vases or sculptures would look right at home in these places of honor. The kitchen opens to the hall, across from the dining room, and has travertine floors, as well as stainless steel Samsung side-byside refrigerator and freezer, Sharp electric range and warming oven, and Axia ceiling-mounted ventilation hood. Maytag double ovens and dishwasher round out the appliances. Sandy-colored granite countertops, earthtoned tile backsplash and offwhite wooden cabinets with an aged finish combine to give the kitchen an Old World feel. On the other end of the house, two bedrooms share a hall bathroom redone with gray subway tile and a glass-bowl sink over a dark-wood vanity. The gas heating and electric air conditioning systems are zoned, with one servicing the common areas on the left side of the house — both upstairs and down — and the second servicing the living quarters on the

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This 1965 split-level five-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Colonial Village is priced at $899,000. right side. The master suite is the draw, however. It was expanded during renovations to feature a large bathroom with black and green speckled marble with jet-black marble insets in the floors, a double vanity, a glass-walled walk-in shower and a Jacuzzi bathtub with alcoves in the wall above for candles. A walk-in closet opens off the bathroom, incorporated from a former hall bathroom; beyond that, the master sleeping quarters connect to a sitting room with built-in wooden bookshelves and a door onto the backyard patio. The patio is slate, edged in brick, and extends around to the back door of the kitchen, where the patio widens and provides room for a game of basketball at the backyard hoop. Two grassy areas partly enclosed by hedges and a fence offer more space for children and

pets to play. Downstairs, the second brick fireplace echoes the size and shape of the first, this time in natural red brick with pressed tin accents along the edge of the mantle. A custom-built entertainment center awaiting a TV provides enough entertainment space for a large family, plus a full wet bar with ample counter space and storage that would allow for entertaining half the neighborhood. One bedroom, a carpeted bonus room, a full bathroom and multiple hall closets sit on the other side of the basement. These are the last fully finished rooms, but three unfinished rooms house a washer and dryer while also providing ample storage and access into the backyard and the two-car garage on the side of the

house. This home is a short drive from shopping, dining and entertainment in downtown Silver Spring, Md. Proximity to the Silver Spring Metro station, bus lines and the Capital Beltway put this home in reasonable commuting distance to downtown Washington or nearby Maryland communities. This home is perfect for a large family looking to escape to a tranquil but convenient neighborhood at the end of each day. The five-bedroom, three-bathroom house at 1925 Spruce St. NW in Colonial Village is listed for $899,000 by Real Living | At Home. For more information, contact Stacie Turner at 202-4948220 or stacie@rlathome.com. An open house will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. June 5.

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Wesley Heights. Fabulous flow & light in this charming home on quiet cul de sac. Ideal for entertaining. 6 BRs, 4.5 BAs. Family & sun rms, gourmet kit & brkfst rm. Private terrace & garden. $2,695,000

Greenwich Forest. Spacious light filled home w/quality craftsmanship & grand proportions on 4 fabulous levels. 6 BRs, 5.5 BAs. MBR suite w/sit rm. 2 car garage. Walk to Bethesda. $1,849,000

Town of Ch Ch, MD. Expanded & renovated 4 BR, 2.5 BA gem. Chef ’s kit & family rm addition. 10,000 sf lot. Large rear yard, patio w/blt in grill. Less than a mile from dwntwn Bethesda & Metro. $1,729,000

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org. ANC 2C ANC 2C Quarter Downtown/Penn

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At the commission’s May 9 meeting: ■commissioners expressed relief that the proposed advisory neighborhood commission reform bill introduced by at-large D.C. Council member Anita Bonds no longer includes a provision requiring all ANCs to have at least five members. ANC 2C consists of three single-member districts. ■commissioners unanimously supported the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 11th annual National Triathlon, which is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 11. Diane Romo-Thomas said about 5,000 participants are expected. It includes a 1.5-kilometer swim in the Potomac River, a 40-kilometer bike course and a 10-kilometer run. To date, the event has raised over $12.5 million to fund treatments for Leukemia and Lymphoma. It will start at 7 a.m. and should end by 1:30 p.m., with rolling street closures starting at 6 a.m. and all roads reopened by 2 p.m. ■commissioners unanimously supported a Thanksgiving Day Run sponsored by So Others Might Eat on Thursday, Nov. 24, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue from 12th Street to 3rd Street NW and a portion of Independence Avenue SW. ■commissioners voted unanimously to protest the renewal of the liquor license of Bar Deco at 717 6th St. NW unless its owner signs an agreement limiting the noise from its music by May 23. Commissioner Jeffrey Higgins

said the owner, Noe Landini, had verbally agreed to the terms, but that his lawyer had problems with the specific language limiting music from the roof deck after 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. â– commissioners voted unanimously to support a two-year extension of the Board of Zoning Adjustment’s approval of a redevelopment project at 704 3rd St. NW, which could be either a hotel or a residential building. The owners prefer to go with a hotel but are unable to do so until the nearby Capitol Crossing across the street is nearing completion, as hotel guests would not appreciate construction noise, according to Ilan Scharfstein of the development team. Commissioner Harold Closter said the sidewalk is now obstructed and has less than the required 6-foot width. The building, he added, is “not in very good shape. ‌ Things have been falling off the building.â€? Scharfstein answered, “We’ve done our best,â€? but said “it’s not an inexpensive building to maintain.â€? He said the owners had spent $100,000 in the past year to preserve the historic building from which they receive no revenue. â– Kirk Salpini, Monument Realty’s senior vice president, discussed the firm’s request to close a portion of a public alley behind 624 I St. NW, for which legislation is pending. Final permission will take about six months. Another complication for the associated project is that the D.C. Preservation League is opposing demolition of a warehouse before the Historic Preservation Review Board. Monument plans a 130unit apartment building above a restaurant, which will include nine units of affordable housing. The nearby alley has been widened to allow two-way traffic. â– commissioners voted unani-

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mously to support a Board of Zoning Adjustment application to modify the approved plans for the National Press Club Building at 529 14th St. NW. Project attorney Cary Kadlecek said the owners plan additional 24,000 square feet of internal office space to utilize unused bonus density based on a 1984 agreement. The building’s atrium will be smaller as part of it will be filled in. The Press Club itself will not be affected. ■commissioners voted unanimously to support renaming the alley behind 915 F St. NW to McGill Alley after James McGill, the late architect who designed LeDroit Park. A representative of Douglas Development Corp. said Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans asked the firm to get input from the commission. The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 13, in Room A-3, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. Agenda items include: ■presentation by David Do, director of the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, regarding Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. ■discussion of plans for the Techworld Plaza complex at 800 K St. NW and 801 I St. NW. ■consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control license application for Free State, 700 5th St. NW. For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, email info@anc3b. org or visit anc3b.org. ANC 3C ANC 3CPark Cleveland â– cleveland park / woodley Park Woodley Park massachusetts avenue heights Massachusetts Avenue Heights Cathedral Heights The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3c.org. ANC 3D ANCValley 3D Spring â– spring valley / wesley heights Wesley Heights palisades / kent / foxhall

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Conference Room 1 at the Sibley Memorial Hospital Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. Agenda items include: â– police report. â– community concerns. â– consideration of a Zoning Commission application for a modification of the approved campus plan at Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW. â– consideration of a Zoning Commission application for a modification of the approved campus plan at American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. â– consideration of a certificate of need at Sibley Memorial Hospital. â– discussion of traffic calming on Manning Place, Palisade Lane, Watson Street, Maud Street and Partridge Lane NW. â– consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment case at 1541 44th St. NW. â– consideration of Alcoholic Beverage Control license renewals at Salt and Pepper, 5125 MacArthur Blvd. NW, and Little China Cafe, 4830 MacArthur Blvd. NW. â– consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment case at 5517 Carolina Place NW. â– consideration of a resolution in support of crosswalks on New Mexico Avenue NW. â– consideration of a resolution on the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Omnibus Amendment Act of 2016. â– consideration of a resolution on ANC office space. â– consideration of a resolution on installing a sidewalk on Whitehaven Parkway NW. For details, call 202-957-1999 or visit anc3d.org. ANC 3E ANC 3E Tenleytown â– american university park American University Park

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The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9, in Tenleytown Ballroom I, Embassy Suites Hotel, Chevy Chase Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW. Agenda items include: ■announcements/open forum. ■police report. ■presentation by Urban Investment Partners on plans for public space design around 4000 Brandywine St. NW. ■presentation by Urban Investment Partners about the firm’s redevelopment proposal for 46204626 Wisconsin Ave. NW. ■discussion of and possible resolution on an application to renew the liquor license for Kitty O’Shea’s, 4624 Wisconsin Ave. NW. ■presentation of a grant application from Tenleytown Main Streets. ■presentation of a grant application from Iona Senior Services. ■discussion of and possible vote on a resolution regarding the

Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a special exception at 5318 Reno Road NW to ease court-width requirements in order to build an addition to a singlefamily house. ■discussion of and possible vote on a resolution regarding Massage Envy’s application for a special exception from massage establishment zoning requirements in order to operate at 4926 Wisconsin Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3e.org. ANC 3F ANCHills 3F Forest

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The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at Forest Hills of DC, 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. For details, call 202-670-7262 or visit anc3f.com. ANC 3/4G ANCChase 3/4G Chevy ■CHEVY CHASE

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, June 13, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW. For details, call 202-363-5803, email chevychaseanc3@verizon. net or visit anc3g.org. ANC 4A ANC 4A Colonial Village ■colonial village / crestwood Shepherd Park Shepherd Park / brightwood Crestwood 16th street heights The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at Fort Stevens Recreation Center, 1300 Van Buren St. NW. Agenda items include: ■reports from the offices of Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 4 D.C. Council member Brandon Todd. ■presentation by representatives of the National Park Service and the District’s animal control and vector control agencies. ■consideration of a resolution regarding the Gambian Chancery. ■consideration of an Alcoholic Beverage Control license renewal application at Desta Ethiopian Restaurant, 6128 Georgia Ave. NW. ■discussion of 1101 Fern St. NW. ■consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a special exception at 1362 Rittenhouse St. NW. ■consideration of a resolution regarding animal control. ■consideration of a resolution regarding the Universal Paid Leave Act. ■consideration of a grant application from the Latino Economic Development Center. ■consideration of a resolution regarding cannabis laws. ■discussion of design guidelines for development in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Historic District. For details, call 202-450-6225 or visit anc4a.org.

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Wednesday june 1 Concerts ■ St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir, made up largely of volunteer singers, will present traditional and contemporary Irish music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Wild Irish Roses will perform Celtic music with a bluegrass and American style. 6:30 p.m. Free. Outdoor green space on the North Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Barley Failure will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will perform the “March of the Resistance” from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” by John Williams; the overture to “Poet and Peasant,” by Franz von Suppé; and “Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon,” by Percy Grainger. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202433-4011. The performance will repeat Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument grounds, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. Discussions and lectures ■ The authors of two debut novels will speak about their work: Daniel Torday will discuss “The Last Flight of Poxl West,” in which a young man recounts his idolization of his uncle, a Jewish former RAF pilot; and Paul Goldberg will discuss “The Yid,” an original take on Stalinist Russia, Shakespeare, theater, Yiddish and history. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ “Social Justice & Equal Rights for the LGBTQ Community in the District” will feature moderator Rick Rosendall of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., and panelists K. Travis Ballie of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the DC Center for the LGBT Community, KayLynn Jones of HIPS, Lou Chibarro Jr. of The Washington Blade, Joanna Cifredo of the National Center for Transgender Equality, and Terrance Payton of Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc. 6:30 p.m. Free. Great Hall, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-0321. ■ Cognitive scientist and University of Virginia professor Daniel Willingham will discuss “Why Knowledge Matters: The Need for a Rich Curriculum From the Earliest Grades.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations requested. McKinley Technology High School, 151 T St. NE. ruth4schools@yahoo.com. ■ Mehnaz Afridi, assistant professor of religious studies at Manhattan College and director of its Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center, will discuss “Redefining Antisemitism Through the Stories of Jews and Muslims During the Holocaust.” 7 p.m. Free. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW. 202-488-0454. ■ Iranian-American Muslim writer Negin Farsad, a TED fellow, documentary director and one of The Huffington Post’s “50 Funniest Women,” will discuss her first book “How to Make White People Laugh,” a sharp and funny critique of American culture that also poses serious questions about race. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Kimberly Palmer — author of “The Economy of You,” senior money editor at

U.S. News & World Report, and mother of two — will discuss her book “Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family,” which offers advice on career paths, savings and investments, and handling unexpected events such as illnesses or layoffs. 7 p.m. Free. Children and Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,” a literature panel will feature writers Colm Tóibín (shown) and Eavan Boland reading from and discussing their recent work. 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the Family Theater lobby a half hour before the event. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Films ■ The NoMa Summer Screen outdoor film series will feature Steven Spielberg’s 1981 action-adventure film “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” starring Harrison Ford as archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones. 7 p.m. Free. NoMa Junction at Storey Park, 1005 1st St. NE. nomabid.org/noma-summer-screen. ■ The Avalon Docs series will feature Laura Gabbert’s 2015 film “City of Gold,” about Pulitzer-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold’s deep and complex relationship with the food and culture of his city, Los Angeles. 8 p.m. $6.75 to $12. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. Performances ■ As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,” the New Yorkbased ensemble Alarm Will Sound and sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird will perform “The Hunger,” an opera by Donnacha Dennehy. 7 p.m. $29. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The Royal Swedish Ballet will present the North American premiere of “Juliet and Romeo,” Mats Ek’s visionary take on Shakespeare’s immortal tragedy. 7 p.m. $29 to $129. Opera House, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m. ■ Marc Ferris, performer and author of “Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely Story of America’s National Anthem,” will perform Americana music from the 1700s to 1950s. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. Tryst Coffee, 2459 18th St. NW. 202-2325500. The performance will repeat June 8 at 8 p.m. Sporting events ■ The Washington Mystics will play the Chicago Sky. 7 p.m. $19 to $300. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000. ■ D.C. United will play the Seattle Sounders FC. 8 p.m. $20 to $200. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800745-3000. Thursday, June 2

Thursday june 2 Classes and workshops ■ Housing Counseling Services Inc.

Exhibition spotlights Greek culture

will open Friday with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. at the DC Arts Center. An artist talk and closing reception will take place July 10 at 4 p.m. Located at 2438 18th St. NW, the center is open Wednesday through On exhibit Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m. 202-4627833. of individuals from Neolithic villages ■ “The Healing Studio,” highlighting through the conquests of Alexander the art of cancer victim Gretchen the Great, will open today at the Feldman, will open with a reception National Geographic Museum and June 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Joan continue through Oct. 10. Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery. On Located at 1145 17th St. NW, the view through July 15, the works pay museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to homage to a woman whose artistic 6 p.m. Admission costs $15 for process sustained her after her diagadults; $12 for seniors, students and nosis of stage-four lung cancer. military personnel; and $10 for ages Located at Smith Farm Center for 5 through 12. There is no charge for the Healing Arts, 1632 U St. NW, the ages 4 and younger. 202-857-7588. gallery is open Wednesday through ■ “Bare the Walls 2” is a group exhibit Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and that will open today at Foundry GalSaturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 202lery to display artwork that will be 483-8600. available at a benefit party June 26 ■ “Forbidden Colors,” examining artfrom 2 to 5 p.m. An opening reception ists’ responses to forms of censorwill take place ship or political Saturday from 5 pressure specifto 8 p.m. Tickets ic to artistic proto the benefit duction, will party will cost open Friday at $150 through the Jerusalem June 4 and Fund Gallery $165 after that Al-Quds and date and entitle continue through the holder to Aug. 12. take home a Located at piece of art by a Jay Peterzell’s “Bird City” is on 2425 Virginia former or curAve. NW, the galexhibit at the Foundry Gallery. rent gallery lery is open member or guest artist. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-338-1958. Located at 2118 8th St. NW, the ■ “William Merritt Chase: A Modern gallery is open Wednesday through Master,” a retrospective that explores Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m. 202-232the interrelationships in the works of 0203. Chase (1849-1916) across subject ■ “Vanishing Point,” featuring paintand media, will open Saturday at the ings by Sarah West that combine refPhillips Collection and continue erences to early Renaissance paintings with digital symbols and artifacts, through Sept. 11. “The Greeks — Agamemnon to Alexander the Great,” an exhibit that spans 5,000 years of Greek history and culture by presenting the stories

will present an orientation session for prospective homebuyers. 11 a.m. Free; reservations requested. Suite 100, 2410 17th St. NW. housingetc.org. ■ DoMore24, United Way’s annual day of giving, will feature a MixxedFit dance fitness class to benefit the Georgetown Ministry Center. Noon to 1 p.m. $24 donation required; reservations requested. Yard, Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. gmcgt.org/help/do-more-24. ■ Instructor Nina Dunham will lead a “Gentle Gyrokinesis” class to improve posture, balance and agility. 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ The D.C. Small Business Development Center will host a Small Business Development Workshop. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. dcsbdc.org. Concerts ■ The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will host its monthly Brown Bag Chamber Recital. Noon. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-1291. ■ The American Roots Music Concert Series will feature guitarist, singer and

songwriter Bob Margolin. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ Participants in the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship training program — trombonist Katie Franke, trumpet player Nathanael High, violist Eric Costantino, violinist Tavifa Cojocari and harpist Kai-Lan Olson — will present an evening of chamber music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The DC Punk Archive’s latest Library Basement Show will feature Loud Boyz, Governess and Heavy Breathing. 6:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,” the trio Capital Celtic will perform traditional Irish jigs, pub songs and ballads. 6:30 p.m. Free. Outdoor green space on the North Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The DanceAfrica, DC 2016 Festival will present a jazz concert featuring Ernesto “Gato” Gatell y Su Banda. 6:30 p.m. Free. Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market, 716 Monroe St. NE. 202-2691600. ■ Superstar soprano Renée Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet will per-

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Among the artifacts in the National Geographic exhibit is “Lekythos Depicting Ajax Carrying the Body of Achilles.”

Located at 1600 21st St. NW, the museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday until 8:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission costs $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students; it is free for ages 18 and younger. 202-387-2151. ■ “Intersections: Photographs and Videos From the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art,” exploring the connections between the newly joined photography collections of the two galleries, opened Sunday at the National Gallery of Art and will continue through Jan. 2. Located at 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-737-4215. form works by Brahms, Wellesz and Berg. 7 p.m. $69. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The National Symphony Orchestra and violinist Leila Josefowicz will perform works by Salonen, Haydn and Schumann. 7 p.m. $15 to $89. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. ■ Singer-songwriter Paul Santori will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Ragbirds and Driftwood will perform. 8 p.m. $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Demonstration ■ Gardening and cooking writer Adrienne Cook and nutritionist Danielle Cook will explain how to make the most of the dulcet flavors of blueberries and melon. Noon and 12:50 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202225-8333. Discussions and lectures ■ Curator Christine Blackerby will discuss the records in the new exhibit “Amending America,” which celebrates See Events/Page 22

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Continued From Page 21 the 225th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. 2 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â– Scholar and literary critic Peter Brooks will discuss the events of Paris’ “Bloody Weekâ€? in 1871 and photographs of the ruined city and the aftermath. 4 to 6 p.m. Free. Kluge Center Meeting Room, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-0213. â– As part of a yearlong celebration of the 225th birthday of the nation’s capital, HumanitiesDC will sponsor a “Humanitiniâ€? happy hour focusing on “Destination DC,â€? about the McMillan Plan that gave the city its monumental core, made it into an international symbol of power, and started the engines of thousands of tour buses. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. wdchumanities.org/ humanitini-destination-dc. â– The Cleveland Park Mystery Book Club will meet to discuss its monthly selection. 6:30 p.m. Free. Teaism, 400 8th St. NW. 202-282-3072. â– Michael John GarcĂŠs, director of “District Merchants,â€? will share creative insights into the production. 6:30 p.m. $20. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. â– Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law and co-editor of “The Torture Papers,â€? will discuss her book “Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State,â€? a detailed assessment of the country’s justice system since 9/11 and the War on Terror. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â– The Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library’s new Queer Book Club will meet to discuss Chinelo Okparanta’s debut novel “Under the Udala Trees,â€? about a

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Events Entertainment young girl’s coming of age against a backdrop of the Nigerian civil war in the late 1960s. 7 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202727-1288. â– Carolyn Gallaher, associate professor at American University, will discuss her book “The Politics of Staying Put: Condo Conversion and Tenant Right-toBuy in Washington, DC,â€? about tenant experiences in seven apartment buildings. 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. 202-2325483. â– Nicholas Mallos, director of the Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas Program, will present a lecture on “Confronting Ocean Plastic Pollution at the Global Scale,â€? about the need for an accelerated growth of waste-collection infrastructure and treatment technologies to stem the flood of plastic fouling the oceans. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 4400 MacArthur Blvd. NW. 202-965-4400. â– As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,â€? a literature panel will feature poets Nuala NĂ­ Dhomhnaill and Louis de Paor, piper Ronan Browne and traditional singer Iarla Ó’LionĂĄird (of The Gloaming). 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the Family Theater lobby a half hour before the event. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Film â– The Capitol Riverfront’s outdoor movie series will feature “Ocean’s Eleven.â€? Sundown. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org. Performances and readings â– The Happenings at the Harman Happy Hours series will feature a poetry reading in connection with “The Taming of the Shrew,â€? featuring Jeremy Garcon, whose poetry and prose touches on gender roles, wealth disparity, societal

$10 to $15. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833. Performances also will be held Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, june 2 ■Discussion: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a talk by presidential biographer Evan Thomas on Richard Nixon, taking an empathetic approach without glossing over the impeached president’s many flaws. 10 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW 202-895-4860. expectation and the makeup of romantic relationships. 6 p.m. Free. Mezzanine Lobby, Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-5688. ■Guillotine Theatre will present a staged reading of Thomas Geoghegan’s play “Monticello,� about what might have happened in an encounter between Thomas Jefferson and Edgar Allan Poe. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $10. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. ■Washington Improv Theater will present “Road Show: Pandemonium,� a longform performance by ensembles of experienced improvisers who create entire worlds spontaneously, spurred by a single audience suggestion. 7:30 p.m.

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Special events â– Widowed Persons Outreach will host its monthly “Laugh CafĂŠ at Sibley,â€? a participatory group event featuring jokes and humorous stories. Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Private Dining Room 3, Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202364-7602. â– The West End Interim Library will host “Between the Lines: Coloring Club for Adults,â€? a twice-weekly program. 2 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. â– This month’s “Phillips After 5â€? installment — “All That Jazz,â€? presented in collaboration with the DC Jazz Festival — will celebrate D.C.’s jazz history with gallery talks, live music by the Pete Muldoon Sextet, summer treats and more. 5 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/ events. â– The new Georgetown boutique Lilly Pulitzer will host an evening of sips, sweets and summer fashion at a “Shop and Shareâ€? benefit for Tudor Place in honor of the landmark’s bicentennial. 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Lilly Pulitzer, 1079 Wisconsin Ave. NW. tudorplace.org. â– The Palisades Library will kick off an adult summer reading program with registration and event information, light refreshments and a shopping tour of the Friends of the Palisades Library’s Book Sale Backroom. 6:30 p.m. Free admission. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. Tour â– Alexandra Torres, an education specialist at the U.S. Botanic Garden, and Claire Alrich, a staff member at the National Fund for the U.S. Botanic Garden, will lead “Nature in Motion,â€? a guided nature walk about our relationship with plants and the natural world. 12:15 to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Meet in the conservatory on the terrace, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. Friday,june June 3 3 Friday Children’s programs â– Young adult author Matt de la PeĂąa will discuss his 2016 Newbery Medalwinning book, “Last Stop on Market Streetâ€? (for grades six through 12). 10:30 a.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321. â– The Hustle & Muscle Mat Club will hold an open practice for youth wrestlers. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Wrestling Room, Activities Building, St. Albans School, 3551 Garfield St. NW. hustlemusclematclub.org. Class â– Susannah Compton, the founder and formulator behind Florescent, a line of botanical perfumes, will explain the basic principles of natural perfumery and help participants design their own fragrances using botanical aromatics.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. $50. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. Concerts ■The Friday Noon Concert series will feature pianist Audrey Andrist (shown) and clarinetist Nathan Williams performing works by Weinberg and Messager. Noon. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282. ■Colin MacKnight of New York City will present an organ recital. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103. ■“The National Gallery of Art’s “Jazz in the Garden� series will feature Deanna Bogart, winner of 20 Washington Area Music Awards, performing her piano style of “bluesion,� which fuses country, swing, jazz and rock into barrelhouse/boogie blues. 5 p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-289-3360. ■National Symphony Orchestra violinist Heather LeDoux Green, cellist Rachel Young and bassist Paul DeNola will join guest pianist Jiyoung Oh to present an evening of Kraggerud, Rossini and Beethoven. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■A recital will feature guitar students of Magdalena Duhagon. 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. ■As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,� the Mollyhawks, a local Celtic group, will perform an eclectic mix of historic and contemporary music. 6:30 p.m. Free. Outdoor green space on the North Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■The Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series will feature the band For the Win. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. capitolriverfront. org. ■The Gandhi Memorial Center will present a concert by Nirmalya Dey and Mohan Shyam Sharma. 7:30 p.m. $20. Golden Lotus Temple, 4748 Western Ave. 301-320-6871. ■The June Chamber Festival will feature artistic director Miles Hoffman and the American Chamber Players. 7:30 p.m. $30 to $40. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-3383552. The festival will continue June 7 and 10; series tickets cost $75 to $100. ■The Embassy Series will host a concert by Brazilian pianist Ronaldo Rolim featuring works by Guarnieri, Chopin, Granados and Villa-Lobos. 7:30 p.m. $125. Residence of the Brazilian Ambassador, 3006 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-625-2361. ■The U.S. Army Band’s Downrange ensemble will kick off the “Sunsets With a Soundtrack� concert series. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. usarmyband.com. ■The Sirius Quartet will present its latest album, “Paths Becomes Lines,� featuring original works by current members. 8 p.m. $28. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. ■Acoustic rock artist Brandon Fields will perform, at 8 p.m.; and singer-songwriter Seth Adam will perform, at 10:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. See Events/Page 23

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 22 ■ “Jazz on the Hill” will feature Dial 251 for Jazz. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; $15 minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412. ■ The New Orleans-based quintet Earphunk Is Daft Phunk will perform. 9 p.m. $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ U.S. Botanic Garden science education volunteer Todd Brethauer will discuss “Hawaii: A Botanical Paradise in the Middle of the Sea.” Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ Carol Joynt’s Q&A Cafe series will feature Kate Andersen Brower, author of “First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies.” Noon. $35. The George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-9330. ■ As a prelude to the screening of “The Royal Tailor” as part of the 2016 Korean Film Festival, the Smithsonian’s Sackler and Freer galleries will present a discussion of the film’s costumes by director Lee Won-suk and Textile Museum curator Lee Talbot, an East Asian textiles expert who previously worked at the Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum in Seoul. A reception with Korean delicacies and a display of Korean costumes will precede the talk. Reception at 5:30 p.m.; talk at 7 p.m. Free. Reception at George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW; talk in the Harry Harding Auditorium, George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St. NW. 202-994-5200. ■ Jeffrey Rosen, one of the country’s foremost legal commentators, will discuss his book “Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet,” about the Supreme Court justice’s progressive, far-seeing constitutional philosophy and how his precepts apply to contemporary issues such as corporate power and mass surveillance. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Alan Furst will discuss his latest historical spy thriller, “A Hero of France.” 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. hillcenterdc.org/home/ programs/2884. ■ As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,” a literature panel will feature National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann reading from his work and discussing his life and career in an interview conducted by Ron Charles, editor of The Washington Post’s Book World. 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the Family Theater lobby a half hour before the event. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Actress and festival artist-in-residence Fiona Shaw will lead a conversation with special guests about William Shakespeare’s works and global legacy. 7:30 p.m. $15 to $25. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Films ■ The Potter’s House Gender + Justice Event Series will feature a screening and discussion of Jennifer Siebel New-

som’s documentary “Miss Representation,” about how mainstream media and culture contribute to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence in America. 7 p.m. Free. Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. 202-232-5483. ■ The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital will present the D.C. premiere of Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson’s documentary “A Time to Choose,” about worldwide climate change challenges and solutions. A post-screening panel discussion will feature Russell Mittermeier, executive vice chair of Conservation International, and Robert Perkowitz, president of ecoAmerica. 7:30 p.m. $12. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. dceff.org/ film/time-to-choose. ■ The outdoor Golden Cinema series will feature the 1996 film “Mars Attacks!,” starring Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close. Sunset. Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com. Performance ■ The DanceAfrica, DC 2016 Festival will present a dance event featuring ASA! Kelenya. 6:30 p.m. Free. Plaza in front of Busboys & Poets, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-269-1600. Special events ■ “The Godfather” actor Gianni Russo will tell stories about the making of the movie at a tasting of his Don Corleone Organic Italian Vodka, a fourtimes-distilled vodka made with natural spring water from the Italian Alps. 4 to 7 p.m. Free. Magruder’s of DC, 5626 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-686-5271. ■ Alliance Française de Washington will host a French summer wine tasting led by a sommelier from the local wine boutique Cork & Fork. 7 p.m. $25 to $30. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. Saturday, June 4 Saturday june 4 Book sale ■ “Members-First Saturday at FOLio” will feature half-price books, DVDs, CDs and audiobooks for members of the Chevy Chase DC Friends of the Library group. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Memberships start at $10. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. To kick off the D.C. Public Library’s summer reading program, the Chevy Chase D.C. Friends of the Library will provide a cart of free books for adults and children on the plaza in front of the Chevy Chase Library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Children’s programs ■ “Saturday Morning at the National” will feature “Monkey Tales,” a dynamic show filled with stories of adventure. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; reservations suggested. Helen Hayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. thenationaldc.org/events. ■ The Folger Shakespeare Library will host activities and games to celebrate Shakespeare’s life and works and his 452nd birthday, including an opportunity to learn some stage sword combat. 10 to 11 a.m. for ages 5 to 7; 11 a.m. to noon for ages 8 to 14. Free; reg-

istration required. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202675-0395. ■ “First Studio: Story + Workshop” will feature a gallery tour, a story and an art-making experience (for ages 3 through 5 with an adult companion). 10 to 11 a.m. $7 per child; free for adult companion. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. ■ A summer reading kickoff will feature a performance by Cantaré, Latin American Music, led by vocalist Cecilia Esquivel. 10:30 a.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-7271288. ■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the season’s brightest stars, planets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. ■ Children will hear a story about Dwight D. Eisenhower and then create a special piece of art. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. The program will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. ■ The Embassy of Sweden will host a weekly storytime for children and families to experience Swedish children’s literature. 2 p.m. Free. Embassy of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW. swedenabroad. com/washington. Classes and workshops ■ Guy Mason Recreation Center will host a tai chi class with Jennie Tam and an exercise and dance class with Gayla April. 9:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ Art historian Bonita Billman will lead a seminar on “Gems All: London’s Smaller Museums,” about the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Wallace Collection, the Iveagh Bequest, Leighton House and the Courtauld Gallery. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $90 to $140. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. ■ Instructor Luz Verost will lead a casual Spanish Conversation Club session designed to grow, revive or develop Spanish language skills. 10 to 11 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232. ■ Volunteer teachers from the Washington English Center will hold a weekly conversational practice circle for adults who already have some English speaking ability. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Charles Ingrao, professor of history at Purdue University, will lead a seminar on “The Habsburg Legacy.” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 to $140. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. ■ Heather Markowitz, founder of WithLoveDC, will lead a “Practice With Love” yoga class. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free. Conservatory West Gallery, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ The DanceAfrica, DC 2016 Festival will present a master class with Assane Konte of KanKouran West African Dance Company. 10:30 a.m. to noon. $15. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-

Friday, june 3 ■ Reading: Jewish Lit Live will present a reading by comedienne, actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch from her new book, “I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories From the Edge of 50.” 7 p.m. Free. Amphitheater, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. 202-994-7470. 269-1600. ■ Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202243-1188. ■ The group Carecen will present a bilingual information session on becoming a U.S. citizen. 11:30 a.m. Free. Large Meeting Room, Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121. ■ Colors of Happiness Coaching and Healing facilitator Florencia Fuensalida will present “Living in Harmony: A Revitalizing Guided Meditation to Find Daily Joy and Balance.” 11:30 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. ■ Instructors from the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes will present “Eyes-Free Family Yoga,” for people who are blind or visually impaired and their families and friends. 1 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202631-2426. ■ The Friends of Rose Park will host a tennis clinic with Washington Kastles coach Murphy Jensen, winner of the men’s doubles title at the French Open in 1993. 1 to 2 p.m. Free. Tennis courts, Rose Park, 26th and O streets NW. 202483-6647. ■ Bahman Aryana of Rendezvous Tango will present “Library Tango Practica.” 2:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-0321. Concerts ■ Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic will present “A Taste of Italy,” featuring “Harold in Italy” by Hector Berlioz; “Summer” by Antonio Vivaldi (featuring violinist Timothy Kidder); and “Winter Bells” by Polina Nazaykinskaya, winner of the group’s composition competition (featuring violist Donald Harrington). 3 p.m. $20; free for ages 18 and younger. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. wmpamusic.org. ■ A piano concert will benefit Iona Senior Services’ Music & Memory Program, which helps those with Alzheimer’s stay connected through their favorite tunes. The event will feature local high school students Anders Brodnax and Lauren Grohowski performing works

Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Bach and Ravel. 4 p.m. Free; contributions encouraged. Cleveland Park Congregational Church, 3400 Lowell St. iona.org. ■ The Adams Morgan Summer Concert Series will feature a performance by the Jelly Roll Mortals. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW. 202-997-0783. ■ A recital will feature percussion and piano students of Nathaniel Aguilar. 6 to 7 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. ■ On the centennial of World War I, the Capitol Hill Chorale will present “Departed Friends,” a concert commemorating the fallen of the Great War in the words and music of those who were there, including works by Debussy, Ravel, Willan and Vaughan Williams as well as the rarely performed “Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes” by Alexander Kastalsky. 7:30 p.m. $15 to $25; free for ages 11 and younger. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 201 4th St. SE. capitolhillchorale.org. The performance will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m. ■ The Congressional Chorus will present “Young, Hip and Global: The Music of America’s Millennial Composers,” a program featuring 160 voices of the Congressional Chorus, American Youth Chorus and NorthEast Senior Singers and Congressional Chorus Chamber Ensemble, as well as members of New York City’s Grace Chorale of Brooklyn. 7:30 p.m. $14 to $28; free for ages 5 and younger. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. congressionalchorus.org. ■ As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,” the part-Irish, partAmerican quintet the Gloaming will perform. 7:30 p.m. $35 to $59. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ Questionsinletters, a lyric-driven and rock-based musical project, will perform. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys. com. ■ The 17th annual Washington Jewish Music Festival will feature an opening night concert by Yemen Blues, fronted by vocalist Ravid Kahalani. 8 p.m. $30. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjmf.org. The festival will continue through June 15 at various venues. ■ Psycho Killers will present a Talking Heads tribute, and musician Jordan August will perform. 9 p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Collector and gallery owner Jaina Mishra will discuss “Wedding Embroideries of Kutch, India.” 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200. ■ As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,” a literature panel will feature Anne Enright, Ireland’s first laureate for fiction; Paula Meehan, Ireland’s current professor of poetry; and Siobhán Parkinson, Ireland’s first laureate for children’s literature. 1:30 p.m. See Events/Page 24

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Continued From Page 23 Free; tickets distributed in the Family Theater lobby a half hour before the event. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■New York clinical psychologist Shefali Tsabary, who combines a formal education in Western psychology and Eastern mindfulness, will discuss her book “The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting,� which calls for reframing the challenges of raising children as an opportunity for spiritual growth. 3:30 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. ■Musicologist Saul Lilienstein will discuss “Fresh Ears: Haydn,� about Haydn’s pleasure in combining Austrian tradition with a common touch and genuine good humor. 5:30 p.m. $15. Bird Room, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■Author Paula Whyman, whose commentary has aired on NPR and whose essays have appeared in The Washington Post, will discuss her book “You May See a Stranger: Stories,� a collection of linked stories that follows the life, loves and misadventures of a woman dealing with a disabled sister, crackheads and a dysfunctional relationship. 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Festivals and family days ■D.C.’s annual “Truck Touch� will feature nearly 30 vehicles used by D.C. government agencies to clean and repair streets, change traffic lights, collect refuse, clear snow, provide emergency services and administer mobile health care, with a free box lunch for children and teens. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Lot 7, RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE, with entrance off Benning Road NE. 202-673-6833. ■The Dupont-Kalorama Museums

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continue Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Films ■“Chantal Akerman: A Traveler’s Tale,â€? a series of programs about the late Brussels-born cineaste, will begin with Marianne Lambert’s 2015 documentary “I Don’t Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman,â€? at 2 p.m.; and Akerman’s 1977 film “News From Home,â€? featuring her reflections on her own nomadic lifestyle. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-­842-­6799. â– The Korean Film Festival will feature Lee Won-suk’s 2014 historical comedy-drama “The Royal Tailor,â€? with the director, producer Yun Chang-suk and Textile Museum curator Lee Talbot making remarks. 2 p.m. Free. Warner Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. â– The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s summer film program will feature Raymond Teller’s 2013 documentary “Tim’s Vermeer,â€? about inventor Tim Jenison’s experiments to discover how 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer achieved perspective light in his paintings. 3 to 5 p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. Performances and readings â– As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,â€? the Irish step-dancing family trio ShamrockRs will perform in full costume to traditional Irish music with a modern twist, at 12:30 p.m.: the O’Neill-James School of Irish Dance will perform, at 2:30 p.m.; and Irish musician Pat Carroll will perform, at 6:30 p.m. Free. Outdoor green space on the North Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. â– The DanceAfrica, DC 2016 Festival will present a performance with African Heritage Dancers and Drummers, Ayanna Gregory and Coyaba Dance Theater. 2 p.m. $15 to $30. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. â– City at Peace — a program using the performing arts to help young people ages 14 to 24 foster positive behaviors and attitudes — will present “what looks like normal feels like done,â€? a production about conditions that contribute to young people losing hope and what it takes to get it back. 3 and 8 p.m. $8. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. The performance will repeat Sunday at 3 p.m. â– The locally based Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance will present a class and performance. Dance class at 5 p.m.; performance at 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. â– Story District and Capital Pride will host “Out/Spoken: Queer, Questioning, Bold and Proud,â€? featuring eight funny and heartfelt true stories about LGBTQ people. The event will include D.C. comedian Chelsea Shorte and DJ Khelan of the

Park is unique in its resources yet serves as a reflection of the National Park Service as a whole. 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. ■In honor of National Trails Day and the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, Washington Walks’ “Get Local!� series will present “Hike the National Mall,� traversing the full expanse from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and featuring stories about less-familiar aspects of the National Mall. 10 a.m. $15 to $20. Meeting locations provided upon registration. washingtonwalks.com.

Saturday, june 4 ■Discussion: Author Alan Furst will discuss his 19th spy novel, “A Hero of France,� a deeply researched thriller about the leader of a Resistance cell in Nazioccupied Paris and his unlikely recruits who secretly repatriate downed British airmen. 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. Breakfast Club dance party. 7 p.m. $25. 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. 202-2650930. ■The DanceAfrica, DC Festival will present a performance with Sankofa Dance Theater, Dance Place Step Team, Ayanna Gregory and KanKouran West African Dance Company. 8 p.m. $15 to $35. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. Special events ■The National Parkinson Foundation will host Moving Day DC, a fundraising walk to raise funds for patients and families affected by Parkinson’s disease. Activities will include a Kid Zone as well as a Movement Pavilion with yoga, Pilates, tai chi, dance and more. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free; registration requested. Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument grounds, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. npfmovingday.org. ■Ladies America, a membershipbased national network of professional women, will host “Women Leading the Future 2016,� a conference with speakers, workshops and networking. 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. $75 to $95. Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW. womenleadingthefuture.org/register. ■The Acton Children’s Business Fair will feature an outdoor market where children ages 6 to 14 will become entrepreneurs for a day, creating a business, selling to real customers for real money, and keeping the profits. The event will feature over 30 children’s businesses offering jewelry, original art, cupcakes, bath soaps, pet treats, hair braiding and face painting, with cash prizes for four age groups (postponed from May 21 due to inclement weather). 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park commercial strip, 3400 block of Connecticut Avenue NW. nicole@actondc.org. ■The National Capital Astronomers will present “Exploring the Sky,� featuring a night of stargazing through the lens of a telescope. 9 p.m. Free. Military Field near the Picnic Grove 13 parking lot, Glover Road near Military Road NW. 202-895-6070. Walks and tours ■A park ranger will lead a two-mile hike while explaining how Rock Creek

Yard sale â– The Shepherd Park Citizens Association will sponsor its 20th annual communitywide yard sale at homes throughout Shepherd Park, Colonial Village and North Portal Estates, as well as at a central location in front of Shepherd Elementary School. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Shepherd Elementary School, 14th Street and Kalmia Road NW. shepherdpark.org. The sales will continue Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday,june June 5 5 Sunday Children’s program â– A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the “Rise and Fall of the Solar Systemâ€? (for ages 7 and older). 4 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202895-6070. Classes and workshops â– Local yoga instructors Alia Peera and Amy Mitchell will present “Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.â€? 10 to 11 a.m. $5 donation suggested. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. The classes will be offered weekly through Aug. 28. â– The DanceAfrica, DC 2016 Festival will present a master class with Baba Chuck Davis and Ezibu Muntu African Dance Theatre. 10:30 a.m. to noon. $15. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. â– The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a class on “Advice for Life.â€? 11:30 a.m. Free; $5 to $12 donation suggested. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-9862257. Concerts â– A fundraising chamber music concert for Friendship Place will feature National Symphony Orchestra musicians Carole Tafoya Evans, Eric DeWaardt and Mark Evans with pianist and Levine Music faculty member Cecilia Cho performing works by Beethoven and FaurĂŠ. The event will include a reception with wines and pastries. 1 p.m. $45. Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW. friendshipplace.org. â– The National Gallery of Art and Washington Performing Arts will present a concert by winners of the 2016 Joseph and Goldie Feder Memorial String Competition, at 2 p.m.; and by winners of the 2016 Misbin Memorial Chamber Music Competition, at 4 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, West Building, National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â– A concert of songs from Broadway and the “Great American Songbookâ€? will feature vocalists Nova Payton, Kevin See Events/Page 25

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Events Entertainment Continued From Page 24 McAllister and Brian Quenton Thorne, accompanied by the Peter and Will Anderson Trio on clarinet, saxophone and guitar. Proceeds will benefit St. Maria’s Meals. 5 p.m. Free; donations encouraged. Church of the Annunciation, 3810 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-441-7678. ■ Zemer Chai, the Jewish Chorale of the Nation’s Capital, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a gala concert with the theme “Impressions,” featuring guest artists Cantor Arianne Brown, Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller, the Robyn Helzner Trio (shown) and Ari Goldbloom-Helzner. The program will include the premiere of “Higid L’Cha” by Steve Cohen. 5 p.m. $20 to $40. Adas Israel Congregation, 2850 Quebec St. NW. zemerchai.org. ■ The Washington Jewish Music Festival will feature a concert by the Hadar Noiberg Trio, known for an eclectic mix of jazz improvisation and Western harmonies with Middle Eastern and North African rhythms. 5 p.m. $20. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjmf.org. ■ A recital will feature guitar and piano students of Brock Holmes. 5 to 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326. ■ As part of “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts and Culture,” Grammy nominee and Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll will perform Irish and Celtic songs, and pianist and guitarist Jake Charron will add his take on CanadianCeltic tunes. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,” musician William Close and the Earth Harp Collective will perform a concert blending the conventional with the cutting edge. 7:30 p.m. $15 to $40. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ The 2016 Kennedy Center Spring Gala will pay tribute to Marvin Gaye in an evening headlined by Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and Leslie Odom Jr., hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, and featuring BJ The Chicago Kid, Andra Day, Ledisi, the Manzari Brothers, Valerie Simpson, Jussie Smollett and Mary Wilson. 8 p.m. $45 to $160. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Discussions and lectures ■ Author Malcolm Sparrow, professor of public management at Harvard’s Kennedy School and a former British detective, will discuss his book “Handcuffed: What Holds Policing Back, and the Keys to Reform,” which argues that quantitative measures exacerbate racial tensions and that a return to basics, such as neighborhood beats, would reduce crime. 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■ The National Museum of Women in the Arts will present “Reading Club: On War and Women,” a facilitated discussion in which participants will exam-

ine photographs from the exhibit “She Who Tells a Story,” read a short story and explore a nonfiction article that ties creative works with lived realities. 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Meet by the information desk, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-5000. ■ Artist Trailer McQuilkin will discuss his artistic and botanical journey in the creation of botanically accurate plants in copper. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. ■ Susan Lowell of Tenleytown T’ai Chi will discuss the concept of “biotensegrity,” which explores why the tendons, ligaments and other material that hold our skeletons together are important. 2 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202727-1488. ■ In conjunction with the exhibit “The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today,” artist Jess T. Dugan will discuss his work “Self-Portrait (Muscle Shirt)” and his artistic process. 2 p.m. Meet at the exhibition entrance, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000. ■ The James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Artist Talk will feature jeweler Don Friedlich, whose most recent glass sculptures play with scale and pattern. 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. ■ Artist Lara Baladi — whose work is currently featured in the “Perspectives” series of contemporary installations with the transmedia project “Vox Populi” related to the 2011 Tahrir Square uprisings in Egypt — will participate in a panel discussion on how artists and museums respond to social conflicts. 2 p.m. Free. Pavilion, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000. ■ Kobena Mercer, professor of art and African-American studies at Yale University, will discuss “Black Diaspora Art in Our Global Contemporary Moment: Some Reflections.” 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-­289-3360. ■ Carol Anderson, professor of African American studies at Emory University and author of “Eyes Off the Prize,” will discuss her book “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide,” which analyzes the historical pattern of black social and political gains meeting with white resistance. 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ Author, activist, preacher, teacher and pastor Jim Wallis will discuss his book “America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America.” 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. Festivals ■ The 11th annual Fiesta Asia Street Fair will feature performances, craft exhibits, food and market vendors, interactive displays, a martial arts demonstration, a talent show, a cooking demonstration and more (postponed from May 21 due to inclement weather). 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission. Pennsyl-

Sunday, june 5 ■ Festival: The fourth annual Washington Jewish Music Festival Day in the Park will feature the catchy pop-rock style of the Macaroons and the Middle Eastern-inflected folk and Americana sound of the Brothers Yares (shown). The event will include face painting, games and workshops. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Stead Park, 1625 P St. NW. wjmf.org. vania Avenue between 3rd and 6th streets NW. fiestaasia.org. ■ The DanceAfrica, DC 2016 Festival will host an “African Marketplace,” with outdoor activities and performances by East of the River Steel Band, Malcolm X Dancers & Drummers, Culture Shock, Duende Quartet, Coyaba Dance Theater and Cheick Hamala. Noon to 7:30 p.m. Free. Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market, 716 Monroe St. NE. 202-269-1600. Films ■ The Korean Film Festival will feature Lee Won-suk’s 2013 romantic comedy “How to Use Guys With Secret Tips,” with the director and producer Yun Chang-suk in attendance. 2 p.m. Free. Warner Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. ■ As part of its series on the acclaimed Senegalese novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, the National Gallery of Art will host a screening of a restoration of his 1966 debut feature “La Noire de … ,” about a young woman lured to France by a white couple to be enslaved as a domestic. Also to be shown is a restoration of the 1963 film “Borom Sarret,” shot with a secondhand 16 mm camera. 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202­-842-­6799. Performances and readings ■ As part of the Kennedy Center’s “Ireland 100: Celebrating a Century of Irish Arts & Culture,” the Maple Academy of Irish Dance will perform, at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.; and Irish musician Pat Carroll will perform, at 6:30 p.m. Free. Outdoor green space on the North Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■ Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon will present “Muldoon’s Picnic” with house band Rogue Oliphant and several musicians and writers, including Kevin Barry, Martin Hayes, Alice McDermott and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. 1:30 p.m. $15. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The DanceAfrica, DC 2016 Festival will feature a performance by Soul in Motion, POETICS and Farafina Kan Junior Company. 2 p.m. $15 to $30. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202269-1600. ■ The Joaquin Miller Poetry Series will feature readings by keynote poets, as well as an open mic segment. 3 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 703-820-8113. ■ Steve Katz, a guitarist who helped found the bands Blood, Sweat and Tears and The Blues Project, will perform a cabaret-style evening of story and songs from the 1960s based on his memoir “Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ’n’ Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star?” 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW. whctemple.org/Amram. ■ The DanceAfrica, DC Festival will feature a performance by Farafina Kan, Ezibu Muntu African Dance Theater and Ayanna Gregory. 8 p.m. $15 to $35. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202269-1600. ■ Regie Cabico and Danielle Evennou will host “Sparkle,” an open mic event for LGBT-dedicated poets. 8 to 10 p.m. $10. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202387-7638. Sale ■ The Palisades Georgetown Lions Club will host its annual community flea market. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Parking lot, Wells Fargo, Arizona Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard NW. Tour ■ A park ranger will lead a tour of the Old Stone House and explore the history of Georgetown and the house

from Colonial days to the present. 2 p.m. Free. Old Stone House, 3051 M St. NW. 202-895-6070. Monday,june June 6 6 Monday Children’s programs ■ Children’s performer Mr. Gabe will present “Rise + Rhyme,” a storytelling and performance series for ages 5 and younger. 9:30 to 11 a.m. $5 per child. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856. ■ The Petworth Library will present “Mad Science: Things That Go Boom!,” about the science behind sound and vibration (for ages 6 and older). 4:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. Classes and workshops ■ Yoga teacher Robin Glantz, owner of Vibrant Health, will lead a “Viniyoga” class. 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Free; reservations requested. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. tenleylibrary@dc.gov. ■ The West End Interim Library will host an all-levels yoga class. 6 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707. ■ The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will present a seminar by registered dietician and sports nutritionist Rebecca Mohning on “How’s My Diet?” 7 to 8 p.m. $20 to $30. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org. Concerts ■ The DC Youth Orchestra will perform an evening of Mendelssohn, Smetana and Bizet. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the States Gallery a half See Events/Page 26

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Continued From Page 25 hour before the performance. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ The Washington Jewish Music Festival will feature a concert by the New York Andalus Ensemble, a multi-ethnic, multi-faith group that performs in Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish and Ladino. 7 p.m. $20. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. wjmf.org. ■ The U.S. Navy Band’s Commodores ensemble will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. navyband.navy.mil. Discussions and lectures ■ Jill Biden will join young adult author Michael Grant and two female combat soldiers for a conversation about Grant’s historical novel “Front Lines.” 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-1950. ■ In conjunction with the 17th annual Washington Jewish Music Festival, Samuel Torjman Thomas, ethnomusicologist and artistic director of Asefa Music and the New York Andalus Ensemble, will discuss “Musical Soundscapes of Morocco: From Africa to America.” Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5510. ■ Representatives from the National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Capital Planning Commission and U.S. General Services Administration will discuss “Weathering the Storm: Innovative Flood Management on the National Mall,” detailing the extent of damage from the June 2006 tropical downpours and measures taken since to protect downtown D.C., including the construction of a levee. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $15 to $25; registration requested. Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Carnegie Library, 801 K St. NW. dcpreservation.org. ■ Author Matthew Kirschenbaum will discuss his book “Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing,” which examines writing in the digital age through the stories of individual writers and a consideration of the grounding of writing in instruments and media. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3871400. ■ Columnist and noted feminist Jessica Valenti, author of “Full Frontal Feminism,” will discuss her book “Sex Object: A Memoir,” which looks back over the sexist terrain she has had to tread since childhood and analyzes assumptions about acceptable behavior. Free. 6:30 p.m. Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ “Behind the Science With Joe Palca: Insights from Scientific Innovators” will feature the NPR science correspondent discussing “Tribology” with Irwin Singer, retired physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory. 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $20 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. ■ Capital Area Asset Builders will present a seminar on “Can I Afford My Life?” — about ways to find a financial balance, including the art of budgeting

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Tuesday june 7 Children’s and teen programs ■ Children’s authors Minh Lê and Isabel Roxas will share the story of their book “Let Me Finish!” about a boy reading a book for the first time only to be interrupted by opinionated birds and then an animal, and the unusual solution the child finds (for ages 4 to 6). 10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■ “Keeping Cool With Capoeira” will feature an introduction of the music, rhythm, language and movements of the Afro-Brazilian martial art form (for ages 13 through 19). 4:30 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. Class ■ Brenda Zhang will present “Make and Take: Paper Cuts-Outs, Patterns and Portraits.” 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. $30. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-

Monday, June 6 ■ Discussion: Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., will reflect on her upcoming retirement after 30 years in Congress and discuss her book “The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life,” a valedictory address that recalls the struggles she has faced and her commitment to inspiring people to work for change. 7 p.m. $17 to $30. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

547-1122. Concerts ■ As part of the Tuesday Concert Series, singers Scott Auby, Kristen Dubenion-Smith, Matthew Loyal Smith, Rebecca Kellerman-Petretta and pianist Jeremy Filsell will perform Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Waltzes.” 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635. ■ Violinist Natasha Bogachek of the National Symphony Orchestra and guest violinist Zino Bogachek will perform a varied repertoire including works by Handel/Halvorsen, Spohr, J. de Monasterio and Z. Bogachek. 6 p.m. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600. ■ The U.S. Navy Band’s Country Current ensemble will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil. ■ The June Chamber Festival will feature artistic director Miles Hoffman and the American Chamber Players. 7:30 p.m. $30 to $40. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-3383552. The festival will conclude June 10. ■ Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The Outer Vibe and Tenth Mountain Division will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. Discussions and lectures ■ Veteran broadcast foreign correspondents Bernard Kalb and Marvin Kalb will discuss their reporting about the Cold War, Vietnam War, Nixon in China, Khrushchev, Putin, the Syrian civil war and other global news in an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute event. 10 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW 202-895-4860. ■ “Adventures in Space: Exploring the Cosmos in Sci-Fi Cinema,” the Avalon Theatre’s latest film studies pro-

gram, will open with a lecture by University of Maryland professor Oliver Gaycken on the history of science fiction and how it has been expressed in cinema. 10:30 a.m. $20 to $25 for the lecture; $45 to $55 for the lecture and subsequent screenings. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. The series will continue on June 14 at 10:30 a.m. with a screening and discussion of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” and on June 21 with a screening and discussion of Ridley Scott’s “The Martian”; tickets cost $15 to $18 per screening. ■ Linda Jacobs will discuss her book “Strangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York.” Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Room 220, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-4188. ■ Pravina Shukla of Indiana University will discuss “Dressing the Past: Civil War Reenactors, Williamsburg Historic Interpreters and Exploring American Identity Through Costume.” Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5510. ■ Author, artist and historian Patricia Daly-Lipe — whose latest book, “La Jolla Chronicles,” will be published this year — will discuss “History From a Personal Perspective.” Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. ■ The Goethe-Institut Washington will host “Deutsch am Mittag: Culture Brings Together, Moves and Teaches,” a discussion in German with Andreas Pawlitschek, director of the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington. Noon to 1:30 p.m. $5; reservations requested. Goethe-Institut Washington, Suite 3, 1990 K St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com. ■ Historian Charles Rappleye will discuss his book “Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency,” which draws on rare and intimate sources to depict a far different figure than the placid, ineffective and unsympathetic man commonly characterized by other historians. Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. ■ The Moveable Feast Classics Book Club will discuss Voltaire’s “Candide.” 1 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. ■ Author Tracy Barone will discuss her debut novel “Happy Family,” a funny take on a fiercely independent woman forced to come to terms with the family who raised her, the one who gave her away, and the one she desperately wants. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ Dave Zirin, The Nation’s sports editor, a commentator on the politics of sports and author of “Game Over,” will discuss his book “Brazil’s Dance With the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy,” which assesses Brazil’s performance as host of the 2014 World Cup and previews what it faces with the 2016 Olympics amid the country’s political upheaval. 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 14th & V, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. ■ The Glover Park Village and the D.C. Public Library will present “Aging

and Relationships: Stingers, Clingers & Love in the Golden Years,” featuring licensed psychologist Patricia Webbink. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-436-5545. ■ “Civility in America: Where Did It Go?” will feature advice columnists Steven Petrow, Lizzie Post and Carolyn Hax. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. ■ Russell Banks, author of “Continental Drift” and “The Sweet Hereafter,” will discuss his third nonfiction book, “Voyager: Travel Writings,” which recounts his adventures from the continental U.S. and Alaska to the Himalayas, Scotland and Cuba. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. ■ The Chevy Chase Library Book Club will discuss Aziz Ansari’s book “Modern Romance,” about technology and its impact on love. 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. ■ Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands will discuss his book “East West Street: On the Origins of ‘Genocide’ and ‘Crimes Against Humanity’” in conversation with Nik Frank, writer and son of Nazi governor-general Hans Frank. 7 p.m. Free. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW. 202-488-0454. ■ East Baltimore native and Salon columnist D. Watkins will discuss his book “The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir,” about his experience taking over the mantel of his brother Devin’s crack empire when Devin was shot. 7 to 8 p.m. Free. Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org. ■ The American Anthropological Association will host a book talk on “Trafficked Children and Adolescents in the United States: Reimagining Survivors” by Elzbieta M. Gozdziak, a research professor at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Busboys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. bit.ly/WOTM_TraffickedChildren. Films ■ Tuesday Night Movies will feature Ethan and Joel Coen’s “Hail, Caesar!,” featuring Josh Brolin and George Clooney in a look at Hollywood studio life in the 1950s. 6 p.m. Free. Auditorium A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ The weeklong EuroAsia Shorts festival will feature films from Spain and the Philippines. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th St. NW. euroasiashorts.com. ■ A celebration of Prince’s birthday will feature a screening of his 1986 film “Under the Cherry Moon.” 7 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122. ■ In conjunction with the annual Washington Jewish Music Festival, the Washington DC Jewish Community Center will present David Vinik’s 2015 documentary “Every Word Has Power,” featuring musician Basya Schechter (of Pharaoh’s Daughter) adapting 10 of See Events/Page 30

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EVENTS From Page 26 Rabbi Heschel’s poems into song. An acoustic set by Schechter and a Q&A with Vinik and Schechter will follow. 7 to 9 p.m. $23. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org. ■ “Adams Morgan Movie Nights,” sponsored by the Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District, will feature Richard Linklater’s 2003 film “School of Rock,” starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack and Mike White. The movie will start about a half hour after sundown. Free. Soccer field, Marie Reed Elementary School, 18th and California streets NW. adamsmorganmovienights. com. The series will continue with screenings of “Pretty in Pink” on June 14 and “Inside Out” on June 21. Performances ■ One Common Unity’s Spring Showcase will feature a performance by Fly By Light participants from D.C. high schools, with a guest appearance and performance by Grammy-winning poet, producer and songwriter Malik Yusef. 6:30 p.m. $15; free for students. Reservations required. Gala Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. onecommonunity.org. ■ “Capital Pride Women’s Night of Expression” will feature spoken word, live music and burlesque. 9 to 11 p.m. $10. Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 1025 5th St. NW. showclix.com/event/ womens-night-of-expression.

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Special event ■ Czech-American writer, playwright and screenwriter Jan Novák and Czech animator and musician Jaromír Svejdik will present their new comic book about the legendary Olympic long-distance runner Emil Zátopek, who stood up to the Stalinist political terror in communist days and served time in a labor camp. The event will include a performance of Svejdík’s songs. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required by June 5. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. zatopek.eventbrite.com. Wednesday, June 8 Wednesday june 8 Children’s program ■ Cathedral Commons will host a “Mighty Mole Gardens” program about gardening for children, featuring interactive learning, games and the chance to decorate a planter box — part of a monthly series of outdoor “Mornings With Mommy & Daddies, Too!” interactive programs about music, reptiles and more for children of all ages. 10 a.m. to noon. Free. Cathedral Commons, Newark Street and Wisconsin Avenue NW. 877-289-5833. The series will continue July 13, Aug. 10 and Sept. 14. Classes and workshops ■ Kripalu yoga teacher Eva Blutinger will lead a “Yoga in the Galleries” class. 10 a.m. $10. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. tinyurl.com/aumtickets. ■ Instructor Alexis Chen will lead a “Hatha Yoga” class. 10:30 a.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. ■ Susan Joseph will lead a weekly English as a Second Language class. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527.

■ The Palisades Library will present an adult-child yoga class led by instructor Dexter Sumner (recommended for ages 6 and older). 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139. ■ The weekly “Sunset Fitness in the Park” event will feature a one-hour class presented by Yoga Del Sol. 6 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc.com/sunsetfitness. ■ Aparna Sadananda of Yoga District will lead a gentle yoga class. 6:30 p.m. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-727-7527. ■ Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop, with attendees asked to bring one of their own poems with sufficient copies to share with the group for positive critique. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. passapamela@aol.com. Concerts ■ Musician Tom Savage will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys. com. ■ The 6th in the City Chorus — featuring young Jewish professionals in their 20s and 30s who reinvigorate traditional Jewish songs and prayers with elements of gospel and contemporary worship music — will perform a mix of old and new songs with choirs from Turner Memorial AME Church and the Metropolitan AME Church. 7:30 p.m. $12. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487. ■ The “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will perform works by Aaron Copland, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Vincent Persichetti. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011. The performance will repeat Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument grounds, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. ■ The DC Jazz Festival will present “The Lafayette Suite,” featuring French pianist Laurent Coq and American saxophonist Walter Smith III. 8 p.m. $25; reservations required. Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW. frenchculture.org/music. ■ Second String Band will present an album release show. 8 p.m. $8. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com. ■ The 17th annual Washington Jewish Music Festival will feature a concert by the Geulah Trio, a new group led by guitarist Jon Madof of Zion80 and taking inspiration from Jewish music, rock, jazz and beyond. 8:30 p.m. $10. Tropicalia, 2001 14th St. NW. wjmf.org. Discussions and lectures ■ Colin Goddard, senior policy advocate at Everytown for Gun Safety and a victim of the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting, will discuss in an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute event his advocacy for gun laws and the emergence of the gun violence prevention movement as a winning political issue. 10 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW 202-8954860. ■ National Museum of Women in the Arts curatorial assistant Stephanie Midon will discuss works in the exhibit “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers From Iran and the Arab World.” Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370. ■ Lawyer Marlene Trestman will dis-

cuss her book “Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin.” Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221. ■ The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, International Monetary Fund and Middle East Institute will host a discussion on “Learning to Live With Cheaper Oil: Policy Adjustment in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Oil Exporting Countries,” featuring IMF deputy managing director Min Zhu and other panelists. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Kenney-Herter Auditorium, Nitze Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW. sais-jhu.edu/news-and-events. ■ Dynamic rapper Y-Love will discuss his upbringing on the streets of Baltimore, his conversion to Judaism and life as a Hasidic Jewish man in Brooklyn and Israel, his musical talents, and his decision to come out as gay during the peak of his career. 4:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. ■ Author David Dayen will discuss his book “Chain of Title,” about uncovering the largest consumer crime in American history: the foreclosure fraud that forced millions of families out of their homes based on false evidence by mortgage companies that had no legal right to foreclose. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400. ■ Christina Crosby, a professor of English and feminist, gender and sexuality studies at Wesleyan University, will discuss her newest book, “A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain,” which recounts what she learned about life after a bicycle accident that left her paralyzed. 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets 5th and K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202789-2227. ■ The Barnard Medical Center Summer Speaker Series about the benefits of plant-based nutrition will feature a talk by Dr. Ana Negrón, author of “Nourishing the Body and Recovering Health.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Barnard Medical Center, fourth floor, 5100 Wisconsin Ave. NW. pcrm.org/speakerseries. ■ Arkady Ostrovsky, Moscow bureau chief for the Economist and a regular commentator on Russia for the BBC and NPR, will discuss his book “The Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev’s Freedom to Putin’s War,” which combines objectivity and an insider’s insights into a comprehensive picture of Russia, with profiles of propagandists and oligarchs who have helped Putin turn the country into a cynical, nationalist and deeply anti-American state. 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. ■ “Designing a Memorial for the 21st Century” will feature moderator Jason Schupbach, director of design programs at the National Endowment for the Arts, and panelists Edward T. Linenthal, history professor at the University of Indiana; Brent Leggs, a preservation senior field officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation; and artist Janet Echelman. Prior to the discussion, Van Alen Institute director David van der Leer will announce the three finalist teams for the Memorials for the Future ideas competition. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution

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Compass is a licensed real estate broker and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdraw without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. Exact dimensions can be obtained by retaining the services of an architect or engineer. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Compass is licensed as Compass Real Estate in DC and as Compass in Virginia and Maryland. Compass DC office 1506 19th Street NW #, Washington DC 20036, 202.491.1275

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